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In this chapter, the author discusses Oakeshott's offering of a philosophical account of the relationship between poetry & practical life in "The Voice of Poetry in the Conversation of Mankind." The barbarism of science & practical activity, & the philosophical elucidation during this era of cultural decline reflects an appropriation of the domain of the poetic by the forces of science & practical activity. Participation in the "conversation of mankind" can surpass this barbaric culture by participation in the nonsymbolic world of art & poetry which are characterized by completely nonpractical playfulness. Play & play forms are the venues for society to expresses its interpretation of life & the world. Oakeshott's defense of liberal education advocates the liberal arts as one avenue to the understanding of & participation in the play element that will restore the "intimations of poetry" to the current bog of barbaric & domineering bores of practical life. 12 References. J. Harwell