The Virtue of Playfulness: Why Happy People Are Playful [Paperback]

Introduction: Playfulness, Seriously? 1. Aristotle on Play as Medicine? 2. Aristotle on Being Happy, Virtuous, and (Maybe) Playful? 3. Harmonizing the Cacophony of Claims about Play? 4. The Virtue of Playfulness? Conclusion: Happy People Play, Playful People Live

In this clear and fun to read book, boomer trujillo convincingly shows that playfulness is a virtue necessary for the good life. The Virtue of Playfulness is an important contribution to the growing work on the importance of play and its role in our lives.

Shawn E. Klein, Arizona State University, USA

This is a serious and scholarly consideration of the nature, virtue and importance of play and playfulness. trujillo provides an Aristotelian reading of play as part of a flourishing and worthwhile life and rightly concludes that life is best lived playfully.

Emily Ryall, University of Gloucestershire, UK

The Virtue of Playfulness is a timely, erudite, and compelling inquiry into the nature and importance of the virtue of playfulness. trujillo impressively and insightfully draws on work across the wide spectrum and deep history of philosophy, while deftly noting the scientific import of his claims. Despite the complexity of his subject and the breadth of his sources, trujillos writing is lucid, engaging, and frequently witty. At a time when philosophers are finally exploring play and its kin in more detailthrough the investigation of spontaneous freedom, games, volitional openness, and arttrujillos focus on playfulness as a virtue makes an exciting contribution.

Nick Riggle, The University of San Diego, USA

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