The author presents contemporary connotations of the notion of old-age in the context of previous historical and cultural research in that area. Current data obtained from studies of interpersonal relationships is compared with the image of old age created in cultural texts and historical documents. Thus it is possible to verify contemporary axiological attributes of the notion of old age as well as its correspondences with the attributes and connotations established in the cultural memory of Poles today.
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