In the book, Suits investigates two fundamental issues in general philosophy: (a) the possibility of providing definitions and (b) the exploration of the meaning of life. In doing so, I will portray Suits as a critic of modernity.ĪB - The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia by Bernard Suits is one of the most influential works in the philosophy of sport. In this article, I will focus on the latter in order to analyze an underdeveloped aspect of Suits’ work, namely, his critique to the predominant notion of the good life in modern society, that is, the life consisting in instrumentally valuable activities (work). N2 - The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia by Bernard Suits is one of the most influential works in the philosophy of sport. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Also, I am thankful to those who gave me feedback on it, with special mention to the two anonymous reviewers of the journal. I would like to thank Mike McNamee and John William Devine for inviting me to present an earlier version of this article at the 2018 Conference of the British Philosophy of Sport Association (BPSA) in Swansea, Wales. T1 - Bernard Suits’ Response to the Question on the Meaning of Life as a Critique of Modernity
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