KIN 2501 : Exam 1 Notes
15 Mar 2019
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Ideas that have withstood the test of time: literature: the iliad and the odyssey, thoughts and ideas: ancient philosophers like socrates and plato, great architecture monuments: pyramids, parthenon, and coliseum. Play (1: 3 fundamental characteristics, intrinsically motivated, involves the temporary suspensions of normal/typical reality, involves internal locus of control. Athletics (4: highest form and more elite. Game (2: more organized effort at play, the organized and playful elements of activity become more evident. Embraced athletic completion and intellectual development as did the greeks: influence for the foundation is from egyptians, the people of crete, and possibly the phoenicians (mid. The extent of the influence is unclear: various athletic contests and games were carried to mainland. Greece by merchant sailors and distant lands: honored and idolized fit bodies. Father land and source of modern day sports. Greek ideal: unity of man of action and man of wisdom . Arete: all-around physical, mental, moral individual excellence one strove for.
