“These people no doubt became more common in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and judging from La Fontaine, those who tried to cheat death were found primarily among the old: He who most resembles the dead is the most reluctant… — Philippe Ariès Copy Share Image
“An Italian text from 1490 shows how spontaneous and natural was the clear recognition of imminent death, and how fundamentally alien to the miraculous… — Philippe Ariès Copy Share Image
The denial of death is openly acknowledged as a significant trait of our culture. The tears of the bereaved have become comparable to the… — Philippe Aries Copy Share Image
Death must simply become the discreet but dignified exit of a peaceful person from a helpful society that is not torn, not even overly… — Philippe Aries Copy Share Image
Until the end of the Middle Ages, and in many cases afterwards too, in order to obtain initiation in a trade of any sort… — Philippe Aries Copy Share Image
In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased and disappeared.… — Philippe Aries Copy Share Image
The first typical adolescent of modern times was Wagner's Siegfried. : the music of Siegfried expressed for the first time that combination of (provisional)… — Philippe Aries Copy Share Image
It is as if, to every period of history, there corresponded a privileged age and a particular division of human life: "youth" is the… — Philippe Aries Copy Share Image
“These people no doubt became more common in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and judging from La Fontaine, those who tried to cheat death… — Philippe Ariès Copy Share Image
