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An Aristocratic Culture Does Not Advertise Its Emotions. In Its Forms Of Expression It Is Sober And Reserved. Its General Attitude Is Stoic.

Without Metaphor The Handling Of General Concepts Such As Culture And Civilization Becomes Impossible, And That Of Disease And Disorder Is The Obvious One For The Case In Point. Is Not Crisis Itself A Concept We Owe To Hippocrates? In The Social And Cultural Domain No Metaphor Is More Apt Than The Pathological One.

Culture Arises And Unfolds In And As Play... Culture Itself Bears The Character Of Play.

The Awareness Of The All-surpassing Importance Of Social Groups Is Now General Property In America.

Play: It Is An An Activity Which Proceeds Within Certain Limits Of Time And Space, In A Visible Order, According To Rules Freely Accepted, And Outside The Sphere Of Necessity Or Material Utility. The Play-mood Is One Of Rapture And Enthusiasm, And Is Sacred Or Festive In Accordance With The Occasion. A Feeling Of Exaltation And Tension Accompanies The Action.