Philippe Ariès

(1960) Politician

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Philippe Ariès is a politician, best known for A History of Private Life, vol. 2: Revelations of the Medieval World.

Quick Facts About Philippe Ariès

Born: April 30, 1960
Profession: Politician
Notable works: A History of Private Life, vol. 2: Revelations of the Medieval World

About Philippe Ariès

Philippe Ariès was a French medievalist and historian of the family and childhood, in the style of Georges Duby. He wrote many books on common daily life. His most prominent works concerned the change in western attitudes towards death.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes 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…

Philippe Ariès

Death

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The denial of death is openly acknowledged as a significant trait of our culture. The tears of the bereaved have become comparable…

Philippe Aries

Culture

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Death must simply become the discreet but dignified exit of a peaceful person from a helpful society that is not torn, not…

Philippe Aries

Death

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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…

Philippe Aries

Administrators

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In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased…

Philippe Aries

Adults

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The first typical adolescent of modern times was Wagner's Siegfried. : the music of Siegfried expressed for the first time that combination…

Philippe Aries

Adolescence

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It is as if, to every period of history, there corresponded a privileged age and a particular division of human life: "youth"…

Philippe Aries

Adolescence

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“These people no doubt became more common in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and judging from La Fontaine, those who tried to…

Philippe Ariès

Death

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