Great Books Ep 27: Beyond Competition: The Transformative Power of Games

They allow one to be competitive as well as creative. They bring out the child in the person. If people played more, maybe there would be less strife in the world.

May 15, 2023

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The son of Peleus now brought out the prizes for the third contest and showed them to the Argives. These were for the pain- ful art of wrestling. For the winner there was a great tripod ready for setting upon the fire, and the Achaeans valued it among themselves at twelve oxen.

~ The Iliad - Book XXIII (Samuel Butler Translation. p168 / v700)

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