ON THE TYPOLOGY OF THE ETHOS OF THE OLD
The article regards the issues concerning the ethos of the old. I have examined here both positive types of this ethos: anility-as-old and anility-as-dilapidated. The difference between them consists in the attitude of the old to the time. Age past dominates in the "anility of completion" while "meditative anility" is determined by the orientation to the pure presence. The oldster himself makes the choice to follow one or the other type of ethos, although the circumstances have a certain influence to its result.