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Page 41
... words : He had found in this somewhat authoritarian approach a defence against those dangers of ' reductionism ' which had come to preoccupy him . Play could not be explained . He speaks of ' that irreducible quality of pure playfulness ...
... words : He had found in this somewhat authoritarian approach a defence against those dangers of ' reductionism ' which had come to preoccupy him . Play could not be explained . He speaks of ' that irreducible quality of pure playfulness ...
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... words feelings which will become generally recognised only at a much later date . This naturally leads to considerable respect for the importance of the artist . In Williams's words , ' we depend for growth on new descriptions being ...
... words feelings which will become generally recognised only at a much later date . This naturally leads to considerable respect for the importance of the artist . In Williams's words , ' we depend for growth on new descriptions being ...
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... words were in natural control of experienced life . The writer of today tends to use far fewer and simpler words , both because mass culture has watered down the concept of literacy and because the sum of realities of which words can ...
... words were in natural control of experienced life . The writer of today tends to use far fewer and simpler words , both because mass culture has watered down the concept of literacy and because the sum of realities of which words can ...
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