Philosophy, Politics, and the Young
Aristotle’s point still holds. One way to verify it is to make a practice of initiating dialogue with a miscellany of folks on matters humanly important and then observing what ensues. Another way is to pay attention to such dialogues that have been initiated by others.
Notice that he refers both to those young in years and to those biologically older ones who nevertheless think as the young tend to, being led by passions rather than by reason.
“Hence a young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science; for he is inexperienced in the actions that occur in life, but its discussions start from these and are about these; and, further, since he tends to follow his passions, his study will be vain and unprofitable, because the end aimed at is not knowledge but action. And it makes no difference whether he is young in years or youthful in character; the defect does not depend on time, but on his living, and pursuing each successive object, as passion directs. For to such persons, as to the incontinent, knowledge brings no profit; but to those who desire and act in accordance with a rational principle knowledge about such matters will be of great benefit.”
(Nicomachean Ethics, Book One, Section Three)