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Horace on aging:

Horace frequently reflected on aging in his works, addressing its inevitability, challenges, and wisdom. He approached the topic with a blend of resignation, humor, and philosophical acceptance, often influenced by the teachings of Epicureanism and Stoicism. Here are some key insights Horace provides about aging:

1️⃣ Inevitability of

I do not think of old age as an ever grimmer time that one must somehow endure and make the best of, but as a time of leisure and freedom, freed from the factitious urgencies of earlier days, free to explore whatever I wish, and to bind the thoughts and feelings of a lifetime together.

Oliver Sacks • Gratitude

We observe old people and see them age, so we associate aging with their loss of muscle mass, bone weakness, loss of mental function, taste for Frank Sinatra music, and similar degenerative effects. But these failures to self-repair come largely from maladjustment—either too few stressors or too little time for recovery between them—and

Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Incerto 4-Book Bundle

Letting go is how we prepare for dying. Suzuki Roshi said that renunciation is not giving up the things of the world, but accepting that they go away.

Frank Ostaseski • The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully

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Jeanne Dorin McDowell • Celebrating What's Right With Aging: Inside the Minds of Super Agers

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Don't just judge a house by whether it's clean or dirty. Ageing is inevitable for both humans and natural materials. We want them to develop a sensitivity that accepts this and turns it into value.

Tomoaki Uno • In search of unprecedented, ordinary architecture

Because to me, we are each put on earth for a purpose, and we must each fulfill this purpose. Yes, I had won the Golden Lion at fifty—and created The House with the Ocean View at fifty-five, and Seven Easy Pieces at fifty-nine. And soon I would turn sixty, but I knew I still had a lot of work to do.