VI. Playing and Knowing
“For archaic man, doing and daring are power, but knowing is magical power. For him all particular knowledge is sacred knowledge—esoteric and wonder-working wisdom, because any knowing is directly related to the cosmic order itself.”
The riddle-solving and death-penalty motif features strongly in the chapter.
- Greek tradition: the story of the seers Chalcas and Mopsos.
Read more about this topic: Homo Ludens (book)
Famous quotes containing the words playing and/or knowing:
“Tony Abbott: I didn’t know you played a saxophone.
Joe Pendleton: Yeah, well, a lot of people don’t know it. Even after they see me playing it they don’t know it.”
—Seton I. Miller (1902–1974)
“Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)