The essentials of æsthetics in music, poetry, painting, sculpture and architecture (1921)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York ; London : G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 63
ith the action. . . .Dogs and other predatory creatures show us unmistak-ably that their play consists of mimic chase and mimicfighting. The plays of children—nursing dolls, givingtea parties, and so on—are dramatisings of adult activi-ties. The sports of boys, chasing one another, wrestling,making… … 3 n U 42 THE ESSENTIALS OF ^ESTHETICS. existing side by side with, but apart from, his life as con-ditioned by material needs. This life expresses itself in,and is nourished by, various forms of free and spon-taneous expression and action, which in the lowergrades of being may be termed simply…
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