The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 152
... philosophy , the element in them which is the real essence of the Homeric philosophy , is , like all living principles , easier to feel and to act upon than to describe in words . I suppose the only word that comes near it is the simple ...
... philosophy , the element in them which is the real essence of the Homeric philosophy , is , like all living principles , easier to feel and to act upon than to describe in words . I suppose the only word that comes near it is the simple ...
Page 153
... philosophy is in fact the philosophy of old experience . This is one of the reasons why it is naturally more adapted to old age than any other . The real truth about it seems to be that the Homeric attitude to life is the one to which ...
... philosophy is in fact the philosophy of old experience . This is one of the reasons why it is naturally more adapted to old age than any other . The real truth about it seems to be that the Homeric attitude to life is the one to which ...
Page 154
... philosophy of Homer is the philosophy of a wise old man . At any rate it certainly is superior not only to Stoicism and Epicureanism but to the Systems of Plato and Aristotle . As he sat at the banquet in the Palace of Alcinous ...
... philosophy of Homer is the philosophy of a wise old man . At any rate it certainly is superior not only to Stoicism and Epicureanism but to the Systems of Plato and Aristotle . As he sat at the banquet in the Palace of Alcinous ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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