“Because horizon is the end of vision, and because every move we make gives the field an aspect we couldn't have noticed before, what lies beyond the horizon cannot be known. (Otherwise it would be within the horizon.) As with… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“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… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“No one can play a game alone. One cannot be human by oneself. There is no selfhood where there is no community. We do… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play. — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Immortality is therefore the supreme example of the contradictoriness of finite play: It is a life one cannot live.” — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Evil is never intended as evil. Indeed, the contradiction inherent in all evil is that it originates in the desire to eliminate evil. “The… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated. Education discovers an increasing richness in… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“It is a highly valued function of society to prevent changes in the rules of the many games it embraces... Deviancy, however, is the… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“...religion ceases to be religion when its poetic authority is recast as civic authority.” — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Although it may be evident enough in theory that whoever plays a finite game plays freely, it is often the case that finite players… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“We are playful when we engage others at the level of choice, when there is no telling in advance where our relationship with them… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Surprise in finite play is the triumph of the past over the future. The Master Player who already knows what moves are to be… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Titles are public. They are for others to notice. I expect others to address me according to my titles, but I do not address… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“War presents itself as necessary for self-protection, when in fact it is necessary for self-identification.” — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“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… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Fields of play simply do not impose themselves on us. Therefore, all the limitations of finite play are self-limitations.” — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
