Dickinson on aging
"Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought." Emily Dickinson
The On Being broadcast this morning contained this observation by the late Rabbi David Hartman.
I was a nice religious boy until I began to read and that all changed.
Just goes to show you'd better watch what you read. Rabbi Hartman's "dangerous" choices?
William James, John Dewey, American pragmatism. They grabbed me. Also, Peter Berger and Brown.