The Ancient Device Bio25 Dennett's now-classic book blends philosophy

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So engagingly plotted and written’ – The Guardian We have always told ourselves stories about the end of the world

The Ancient Device Bio25 Dennett's now-classic book blends philosophy'The Ancient Device' is the story of four somehow familiar, rather dishevelled, sometimes sympathetic characters: Hare, Fox Owl, Ribbonhead and King John. We meet this dysfunctional and longing band of players on their journey to a site in the English landscape where they are to give a performance of sorts. Yet exactly who they are, where they are and what they are up to, becomes increasingly uncertain as the book draws us into the mist, exploring and