This weeks readings

elizabeth ann simmons (simmoea4@wfu.edu)
Tue, 20 Feb 1996 21:49:34 -0500 (EST)

I guess I'll start the ball rollong this week. I was reading Gearg
SImmel's "The Adventure." I have a few questions:

What does he mean by "[Experiences] become adventure only by virtue of a
certain experiential tension whereby their substance is realized
(253)?" What is the experiental tension?

Another question: I understand that things to a youth are newer and have
a greater potential for becoming adventure, but it appears to me that
he's saying that once you reach "old age" you n longer adventure. Any
thoughts?

If we aren't supposed to be reading this and writing our papers this
week, could someone let me know? Thanks betz