“‘A man grows old; he feels in himself that radical se...➤ MyBook

Цитата из книги «О дивный новый мир / Brave New World. 4 уровень»

“‘A man grows old; he feels in himself that radical sense of weakness, of discomfort, which accompanies the advance of age; and, feeling thus, imagines himself merely sick, lulling his fears with the notion that this distressing condition is due to some particular cause, from which, as from an illness, he hopes to recover. Vain imaginings! That sickness is old age; and a horrible disease it is. They say that it is the fear of death and of what comes after death that makes men turn to religion as they advance in years. But my own experience has given me the conviction that, quite apart from any such terrors or imaginings, the religious sentiment tends to develop as we grow older.’”
7 марта 2021

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