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> [Until the end of the Middle Ages, and in many cases afterwards too, in order to obtain initiation in a trade of any sort whatever--whether that of courtier, soldier, administrator, merchant or workman--a boy did not amass the knowledge necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-ari-s/until-the-end-of-the-middle-ages-and-in-many-cases-afterwards-too-in/)

[Philippe Aries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-ari-s/)

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## More by Philippe Ariès

> [“An Italian text from 1490 shows how spontaneous and natural was the clear recognition of imminent death, and how fundamentally alien to the miraculous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-ari-s/an-italian-text-from-1490-shows-how-spontaneous-and-natural-was-the/)

[Philippe Ariès](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-ari-s/)

> [The denial of death is openly acknowledged as a significant trait of our culture. The tears of the bereaved have become comparable to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-ari-s/the-denial-of-death-is-openly-acknowledged-as-a-significant-trait-of/)

[Philippe Aries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-ari-s/)

> [Death must simply become the discreet but dignified exit of a peaceful person from a helpful society that is not torn, not even overly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-ari-s/death-must-simply-become-the-discreet-but-dignified-exit-of-a/)

[Philippe Aries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-ari-s/)

> [Until the end of the Middle Ages, and in many cases afterwards too, in order to obtain initiation in a trade of any sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-ari-s/until-the-end-of-the-middle-ages-and-in-many-cases-afterwards-too-in/)

[Philippe Aries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-ari-s/)

> [In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased and disappeared.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-ari-s/in-1600-the-specialization-of-games-and-pastimes-did-not-extend/)

[Philippe Aries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-ari-s/)

> [The first typical adolescent of modern times was Wagner's Siegfried. : the music of Siegfried expressed for the first time that combination of (provisional)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-ari-s/the-first-typical-adolescent-of-modern-times-was-wagner-s-siegfried/)

[Philippe Aries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-ari-s/)

> [It is as if, to every period of history, there corresponded a privileged age and a particular division of human life: "youth" is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-ari-s/it-is-as-if-to-every-period-of-history-there-corresponded-a/)

[Philippe Aries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-ari-s/)

> [“These people no doubt became more common in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and judging from La Fontaine, those who tried to cheat death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-ari-s/these-people-no-doubt-became-more-common-in-the-seventeenth-and/)

[Philippe Ariès](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-ari-s/)

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