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- The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary tools. Art is older than…
- Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
- Fair play with others is primarily the practice of not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. We tend to rub our guilty…
- The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
- Imitation is often a shortcut to a solution. We copy when we lack the inclination, the ability or the time to work out an independent…
- Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough…
- Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm…
- The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the…
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