Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-element in Culture

18th century aesthetic agon agonistic ancient animal answer archaic culture Aristotle Baroque battle ceremonial characteristics of play Chinese civilization combat competition concept connection contest dancing divine Dutch earnest element English Euthydemos expression fact feast festival forms of play function German Germanic languages Greek Gylfaginning hence honour human idea ideal instance judgement judicial duel justice King koani Langobards languages literary literature magic Mahābhārata means mediaeval mind modern myth Nāgasena nature noble Old Frisian Old Norse origin pantun performance personification philosophy plastic Plato play and seriousness play-character play-concept play-element play-factor play-forms play-function play-quality play-sphere play-spirit player playful poetic poetry political potlatch primitive purely question religion religious riddle Rig-veda ritual Rococo Roman Romanticism rules savage semantic sense serious significance Skáldskaparmál social society songs sophist sphere spirit sport theme thing tion tribe virtue Werner Jaeger whole winning wisdom word play παιδιά