Great Books Ep 14: Not Young, but Not Old Either, and Not Ready for Retirement

Should countries have the concept of retirement age? What are the pros and cons?

“Hither my friends,” he cried, “and leave me not single-handed - I go in great fear by fleet Aeneas, who is coming against me, and is a redoubtable dispenser of death in battle. Moreover he is in the flower of youth when a man’s strength is greatest; if I was of the same age as he is and in my present mind, either he or I should soon bear away the prize…