The Grasshopper – Third Edition Games, Life and Utopia
The Grasshopper – Third Edition Games, Life and Utopia by Bernard Suits is published by Broadview Press and was released on April 3, 2014. This edition spans 264 pages and is presented in English. In this work, Suits challenges the notion that games are indefinable, presenting a clear argument that playing a game is a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles. Through the engaging perspective of Aesop’s Grasshopper, he explores the significance of games in human existence and their essential role in any vision of Utopia.
Readers will find a blend of playful insight and philosophical depth as Suits articulates his views on the nature of games. The book features illustrations by Frank Newfeld from its original publication, along with an introduction by Thomas Hurka and a new appendix discussing the meaning of ‘play.’ This edition invites readers to reconsider the importance of games in life and philosophy, making it a thoughtful exploration of the intersection between play and human ideals.
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In the mid twentieth century the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously asserted that games are indefinable; there are no common threads that link them all. “Nonsense,” said the sensible Bernard Suits: “playing a game is a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles.” The short book Suits wrote demonstrating precisely that is as playful as it is insightful, as stimulating as it is delightful. Through the jocular voice of Aesop’s Grasshopper, a “shiftless but thoughtful practitioner of applied entomology,” Suits not only argues that games can be meaningfully defined; he also suggests that playing games is a central part of the ideal of human existence, and so games belong at the heart of any vision of Utopia.
This new edition of The Grasshopper includes illustrations from Frank Newfeld created for the book’s original publication, as well as an introduction by Thomas Hurka and a new appendix on the meaning of ‘play.’
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