Of course. What he’s describing isn’t rationality, it’s dysrationalia—and especially the ability to compartmentalize. The rational ones in this passage are the young, who are “intimately and passionately concerned” with the existence of God, Free Love versus Catholic Morality, and so on. More than anything I see this quote as a caution against losing the fire in your belly.
Of course. What he’s describing isn’t rationality, it’s dysrationalia—and especially the ability to compartmentalize. The rational ones in this passage are the young, who are “intimately and passionately concerned” with the existence of God, Free Love versus Catholic Morality, and so on. More than anything I see this quote as a caution against losing the fire in your belly.