Montaigne: To Philosophize is to Learn to Die

Is It Death or Change That We Really Fear?

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I’m getting old.

We all have that bathroom mirror moment, don’t we? This morning I examined my face as I shaved. The tug of the razor showed up the loose elasticity of my skin. I leaned in close. My skin isn’t plump as it used to be, it doesn’t have that glow from within that young people…