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A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.

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To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

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Strength is paradoxical. I am not strong because I can force others to do what I wish as a result of my play with them, but because I can allow them to do what they wish in the course of my play with them.

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James P. Carse

James P. Carse

Born: 1933
Died: September 25, 2020 (aged 87)
Bio: James P. Carse was Professor Emeritus of history and literature of religion at New York University. His book Finite and Infinite Games was widely influential.
Known for:
  1. Finite and Infinite Games (1987)
  2. Breakfast at the Victory (1994)
  3. The Religious Case Against Belief (2008)
  4. The gospel of the beloved disciple (1997)
  5. Finite and Infinite Games (1986)

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