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Plato seems to have shared this view. He said one shouldn't engage in philosophy, life's most important pursuit, until one turns 40.
by yters 6y ago
Plato seems to have shared this view. He said one shouldn't engage in philosophy, life's most important pursuit, until one turns 40.
- kkoncevicius 6y agoInterestingly same suggestion is found in Kabbalah: in order to study it you have to be above 40 years old, expert in Talmud, and expert in Jewish law.
- grammarisking 6y ago40 years is also a significant age within Islam, whereby a person usually reaches their prime. Explicitly mentioned in this verse for example: "We have commanded people to honour their parents. Their mothers bore them in hardship and delivered them in hardship. Their ˹period of˺ bearing and weaning is thirty months. In time, when the child reaches their prime at the age of forty, they pray, “My Lord! Inspire me to ˹always˺ be thankful for Your favours which You blessed me and my parents with, and to do good deeds that please You. And instil righteousness in my offspring. I truly repent to You, and I truly submit ˹to Your Will˺.”[1] [1]https://quran.com/46/15 https://quran.com/46/15
- selimthegrim 6y agoIs that why my mom told me not to get married until 40?