tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060841334850880231.post4754799401096021155..comments2024-03-13T02:15:59.397-07:00Comments on Philosophy of Sport: PROSELYTIZING (FOR) SPORT. WHY PLAY SPORTS OR EXERCISE AT ALL? PART IMike Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489700864050607425noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060841334850880231.post-71996399142152362052011-04-25T13:31:01.555-07:002011-04-25T13:31:01.555-07:00I do enjoy sports, however this post seems very co...I do enjoy sports, however this post seems very condescending, and certainly won't "convert" any "slothful cynic who shuns sports and physical activity". 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Socrates, Anaxagoras, Demosthenes, Pindar, Herodotus and Diogenes all attended the games. There had to be a reason for such a collection of intellects to appreciate sport, and indeed, when the barbarians could not understand these childish escapades and asked the great men of Greece why their athletes risked life and limb to dirty themselves in front of others, Lucian, in one of his dialogues, put the answer in the mouth of Solon: <BR/><BR/>“By seeing what was going on you would be able to appreciate why we are quite justified in expending so much ardour on these spectacles. I cannot find words to give you an idea of the pleasure that you would have if you were seated in the middle of the anxious spectators, watching the courage of the athletes, their beautiful bodies, their splendid poses, their extraordinary suppleness, their tireless energy, their audacity, their sense of competition, their unconquerable courage, their unceasing efforts to win a victory. 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