05-12-2003, 07:20 PM
Maturity comes at different rates to different people, and your definitions seem tend to focus on the chronological versus the behavioral meaning of maturity. The longer you have been around, the more likely it is that you will have matured in your behavior, but age is no guarantee. Age can hint at or point to, or predispose one to, behavioral maturity, but as others have pointed out, it is but one variable in the equation.
I disagree that this is not a suitable question, although in my opinion it was clumsily asked, and I further disagree with your logic:
Age is indeed a mark, or indicator, of maturity, but it is not the sole indication, or mark, of maturity. :) The key is the "a" versus the "the" approach, in that the "a" implies one of several or many.
*oh dear, thinks the rogue, are the hairs now fully split?*
I disagree that this is not a suitable question, although in my opinion it was clumsily asked, and I further disagree with your logic:
Age is indeed a mark, or indicator, of maturity, but it is not the sole indication, or mark, of maturity. :) The key is the "a" versus the "the" approach, in that the "a" implies one of several or many.
*oh dear, thinks the rogue, are the hairs now fully split?*
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete