Posted on June 23, 2008 by oldstersview
There are certain givens involved with aging… declining physical condition (very subtle in my case) is one, but there is also a mystery. Although the body is changing the “me” within the body is not. “I” feel and perceive in the same way that I did twenty, thirty and more years ago. I believe I [...]
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Posted on June 11, 2008 by oldstersview
Passive acceptance of [a] teacher’s wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the teacher knows more than his pupils; it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher unless he is a very exceptional man. Yet the habit of passive [...]
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