tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post1099743926289327951..comments2024-03-28T15:48:11.151-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: PERSONAL BESTRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-74735550086692887242016-06-07T11:50:50.579-04:002016-06-07T11:50:50.579-04:00When we're young, we assume that the way we a...When we're young, we assume that the way we are is "natural": how it feels to get old is a surprise and thus, we pay attention to it as we do to any break in the routine, be it pleasant (a vacation) or unpleasant (illness or pain, etc.). s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-72193481438999436432016-06-07T11:48:42.225-04:002016-06-07T11:48:42.225-04:00Indeed, he was so punctual with his daily walk tha...Indeed, he was so punctual with his daily walk that the people of Konigsberg set their clocks by him. The one day he was late was the day a copy of Rousseau's EMILE arrived.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-48281482840199499532016-06-07T11:47:59.209-04:002016-06-07T11:47:59.209-04:00Interesting that as we get older, we seem to get m...Interesting that as we get older, we seem to get more interested in phenomenology!! (Of what it's like to get old.) I don't remember thinking much about what it's like to be young. Tom Cathcarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136970056480275148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-80759988027107557262016-06-07T11:38:50.074-04:002016-06-07T11:38:50.074-04:00Tom Cathcart,
I have a clock for a superego, so ...Tom Cathcart,<br /><br />I have a clock for a superego, so I never needed to look at others or at a watch to see that I was moving more slowly as I got older. That internal clock, which never lets up nor lets me relax much, makes me aware that I'm slower now. <br /><br />Professor Wolff,<br /><br />I guess that your friend Kant had a clock for superego too, so maybe Kant and I will get along well. s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-56050847625614787262016-06-07T11:33:22.062-04:002016-06-07T11:33:22.062-04:00Ah, you tall ones. I was 5'9 in my prime, and...Ah, you tall ones. I was 5'9 in my prime, and now, horribile dictu, I am 5' 6 1/2! Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-12384856295660986572016-06-07T11:21:36.575-04:002016-06-07T11:21:36.575-04:00Our noticing these changes seems to come in quanta...Our noticing these changes seems to come in quanta rather than waves. At 6'5", I have very long legs, and I wasn't used to people passing me. Then one day I suddenly realized that nearly everybody was passing me. It must have been coming on gradually, but I didn't see it. There's also an Einsteinian element. Time must move more slowly as we get older, because it seems like we're moving at the same speed we always did, until we see our movement in comparison to someone else or to the hands of a watch. (That would be a "vintage watch," when they still had hands. Do toddlers still learn to "tell time?"). Maybe it's that our subjective perception of time stems from the speed of motion of our bodies. Tom Cathcarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136970056480275148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-89986010669486556082016-06-07T08:04:04.143-04:002016-06-07T08:04:04.143-04:00Professor Wolff,
You're in great shape. I&...Professor Wolff,<br /><br />You're in great shape. I'm 70 and women in high heels pass me all the time, even though, like you, I walk every day. s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.com