The Clever Body
by Gabor Csepregi
Publisher: University of Calgary Press 2006
ISBN/ASIN: 1552382087
ISBN-13: 9781552382080
Number of pages: 198
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In The Clever Body, Gabor Csepregi describes in detail the nature and scope of the human body's innate abilities: sensibility, spontaneity, mimetic faculty, sense of rhythm, memory, and imagination and reflects on their significance in human life.
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