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> [“Although it may be evident enough in theory that whoever plays a finite game plays freely, it is often the case that finite players will be unaware of this absolute freedom and will come to think that whatever they do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/although-it-may-be-evident-enough-in-theory-that-whoever-plays-a/)

[James P. Carse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-p-carse/)

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## More by James P. Carse

> [“The issue here is not whether self-veiling can be avoided, or even should be avoided. Indeed, no finite play is possible without it. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/the-issue-here-is-not-whether-self-veiling-can-be-avoided-or-even/)

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> [“No one can play a game alone. One cannot be human by oneself. There is no selfhood where there is no community. We do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/no-one-can-play-a-game-alone-one-cannot-be-human-by-oneself-there-is/)

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> [A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/a-finite-game-is-played-for-the-purpose-of-winning-an-infinite-game/)

[James P. Carse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-p-carse/)

> [“Immortality is therefore the supreme example of the contradictoriness of finite play: It is a life one cannot live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/immortality-is-therefore-the-supreme-example-of-the-contradictoriness/)

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> [“Evil is never intended as evil. Indeed, the contradiction inherent in all evil is that it originates in the desire to eliminate evil. “The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/evil-is-never-intended-as-evil-indeed-the-contradiction-inherent-in/)

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> [“To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated. Education discovers an increasing richness in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/to-be-prepared-against-surprise-is-to-be-trained-to-be-prepared-for/)

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> [“It is a highly valued function of society to prevent changes in the rules of the many games it embraces... Deviancy, however, is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/it-is-a-highly-valued-function-of-society-to-prevent-changes-in-the/)

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> [“...religion ceases to be religion when its poetic authority is recast as civic authority.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/religion-ceases-to-be-religion-when-its-poetic-authority-is-recast-as/)

[James P. Carse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-p-carse/)

> [“Although it may be evident enough in theory that whoever plays a finite game plays freely, it is often the case that finite players…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/although-it-may-be-evident-enough-in-theory-that-whoever-plays-a/)

[James P. Carse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-p-carse/)

> [“We are playful when we engage others at the level of choice, when there is no telling in advance where our relationship with them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/we-are-playful-when-we-engage-others-at-the-level-of-choice-when/)

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> [“Surprise in finite play is the triumph of the past over the future. The Master Player who already knows what moves are to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/surprise-in-finite-play-is-the-triumph-of-the-past-over-the-future/)

[James P. Carse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-p-carse/)

> [“Titles are public. They are for others to notice. I expect others to address me according to my titles, but I do not address…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/titles-are-public-they-are-for-others-to-notice-i-expect-others-to/)

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> [“War presents itself as necessary for self-protection, when in fact it is necessary for self-identification.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/war-presents-itself-as-necessary-for-self-protection-when-in-fact-it/)

[James P. Carse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-p-carse/)

> [“It is with this thought that many believers would call up Kierkegaard's famous phrase, the 'leap of faith,' pictured perhaps as a leap from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/it-is-with-this-thought-that-many-believers-would-call-up-kierkegaard/)

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> [“Fields of play simply do not impose themselves on us. Therefore, all the limitations of finite play are self-limitations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/fields-of-play-simply-do-not-impose-themselves-on-us-therefore-all/)

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