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 co…

- Philippe Aries

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

- Philippe Aries

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

- Philippe Aries

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

- Philippe Aries

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

- Philippe Aries

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

- Philippe Aries