Read moreWhen the heart speaks, it may seem unreasonable. But if we listen to it without losing our heads, we may find hope in it that what lies ahead is a new and better way of living. In that lies the strength of living with an uncovered heart. But there is that fearsome vulnerability too. We take a chance when we open ourselves to others We can be hurt. Are we risking too much?
…The uncovered heart reveals both vulnerability and strength Its strength lies perhaps precisely in that ability to open itself to itself, with an elegance and grace that invites the hearts of others to so too.
Aristotle’s Dichotomy: Work or Play
Plato had a more encompassing view of play, while Aristotle gave the Western world one of the most prevailing dichotomies: work and play as separate entities. One either plays or works. Or the popular idea that “we work hard and play hard”. Aristotle...Read moreSophistry, technically regarded as a form of expression, has all the associations with primitive play
Read moreboth paidia (play) and paideia (education) have a place in the pursuit of wisdom.
Read moreThey (Sophists) were masters of play: play on words, on moral values, on distinctions between illusion and reality.
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