Bernard Suits’ Response to the Question on the Meaning of Life as a Critique of Modernity

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 13 (3-4):406-418 (2018)
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ABSTRACTThe Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia by Bernard Suits is one of the most influential works in the philosophy of sport. In the book, Suits investigates two fundamental issues in general p...

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