The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 12
Page 40
... mysticism ; and when we think of the mystical writers even in our own language alone – who have been women , compared with those who have been men , I think it is impossible to resist the conclusion that what is called ' mystical ...
... mysticism ; and when we think of the mystical writers even in our own language alone – who have been women , compared with those who have been men , I think it is impossible to resist the conclusion that what is called ' mystical ...
Page 109
... mystical . Nor is there anything in the least mystical about our present realistic attack on the arrogant claim of the Dimension we live in to be regarded as all there is . It is in this insolent claim — not in our attack the mysticism ...
... mystical . Nor is there anything in the least mystical about our present realistic attack on the arrogant claim of the Dimension we live in to be regarded as all there is . It is in this insolent claim — not in our attack the mysticism ...
Page 133
... mystical and what is mysterious . The former is charged with every sort of illusion and with every kind of ambiguity and trickery . The latter is an incontrovertible fact . The World , with everything in it , is indeed a mystery ; but ...
... mystical and what is mysterious . The former is charged with every sort of illusion and with every kind of ambiguity and trickery . The latter is an incontrovertible fact . The World , with everything in it , is indeed a mystery ; but ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
10 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
absolutely advantage aesthetic attitude Categorical Imperative Chance Cicero Classics common sense Commonwealth of Nations conscience consciousness death demiurge destiny detachment devil devilish divine Don Quixote earth egoism elderly elements emotional enjoy enjoyment Erinyes essence essential Evil evolution existence experience fact feel feminine Gestapo Goethe Greek Hegel Homer Homo Sapiens human race humour imaginative imperative Inanimate individual instinct kind less Life-Illusion living logic loneliness magic magnetic man's matter mean mental middle-age mind monstrous moral Multiverse mystery mystical namely Nature Ogpu old age old woman ordinary pain particular passion person philosophy planetary pleasure possess prayer present Dimension psychic Rabelais reader regard Religion response Science scientific secret seems selfish sensation sensuous side simple sort soul Spinoza spirit supreme thing thoughts tion totalitarian tragic true truth ultimate universal Vivisection Vivisectors Walt Whitman Walter Pater whole women words young youth