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How can we understand older people as real human beings, value their wisdom, and appreciate that their norms and purposes both matter in themselves and are affected by those of others? Using a life-course approach, this book argues that the complexity and potential creativity of later life demand a humanistic vision of older people and ageing.

Old age --- Older people --- Altern. --- Alter. --- Älterer Mensch. --- Older people. --- Old age. --- Aged --- Aging people --- Elderly people --- Old people --- Older adults --- Older persons --- Senior citizens --- Seniors (Older people) --- Age groups --- Persons --- Gerontocracy --- Gerontology --- Later life (Human life cycle) --- Senescence --- Adulthood --- Age --- Longevity --- Humanism. --- Philosophy --- Classical education --- Classical philology --- Philosophical anthropology --- Renaissance