Secret of longevity

[Gary Kern <gkern@alumni.Princeton.EDU>]

Dear Jüngerites:

Another subject altogether.  Did Jünger anywhere express an opinion as
to why he lived so long?  Perhaps in SIEBZIG VERWEHT, which I have not
read?  Was his good fortune all in his genes, or did he think that his
habits and mental attitude helped?

He surely thought about it, seeing everyone he knew as a young man die
years and even decades ahead of him.  Paradoxically, the theme appears
in DIE SCHERE--i.e., every life is complete no matter when it ends. 
That may be guilt talking.

GK