What another wonderful newsletter Philip. Particularly liked your closing sentences
"As we get old, the brain increasingly deals with the decrepitude of the body, and starts itself to fail. But the mind, separate from the brain and apart from the body, can roam untrammelled until the end. Part of us remains forever free" which reminded me of "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Thanks for your usual blend of candour and reflection - really laying Descartes on de table. The endless body maintenance and tune-ups required as we age, where being able to fog a mirror means we are still under warranty, are indeed a contrast to the mindless/thoughtless abandon with which our bodies hurtled through our youth. But who had the time for this anyway when we were gainfully employed? As for your question of “where will it all end?”, spoiler alert. Meantime, live it up!
What another wonderful newsletter Philip. Particularly liked your closing sentences
"As we get old, the brain increasingly deals with the decrepitude of the body, and starts itself to fail. But the mind, separate from the brain and apart from the body, can roam untrammelled until the end. Part of us remains forever free" which reminded me of "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
you do write extraordinarily well for one so old; keep it up.
Love, Gina.
Thanks for your usual blend of candour and reflection - really laying Descartes on de table. The endless body maintenance and tune-ups required as we age, where being able to fog a mirror means we are still under warranty, are indeed a contrast to the mindless/thoughtless abandon with which our bodies hurtled through our youth. But who had the time for this anyway when we were gainfully employed? As for your question of “where will it all end?”, spoiler alert. Meantime, live it up!
Sunday 6am,in a hospital bed reading about Descartes!
As a kid you must have been exasperating,with your immense range.
One happy thought,in your list of medical specialists there at at least two I have not encountered