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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Peripatetics

 “No wonder so many philosophers walked. Socrates, of course, liked nothing more than strolling in the agora. Nietzsche regularly embarked on spirited two-hour jaunts in the Swiss Alps, convinced “all truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” Thomas Hobbes had a walking stick custom made with a portable inkwell attached so he could record his thoughts as he ambled. Thoreau regularly took four-hour treks across the Concord countryside, his capacious pockets overflowing with nuts, seeds, flowers, Indian arrowheads, and other treasures. Immanuel Kant, naturally, maintained a highly regimented walking routine. Every day, he’d eat lunch at 12:45 p.m., then depart for a one-hour constitutional — never more, never less — on the same boulevard in Königsberg, Prussia (now Russia). So unwavering was Kant’s routine that the people of Königsberg set their watches by his perambulations.”― Eric Weiner, The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers

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  1. This book gives a different look on how you may be viewing a situation in a negative light, and whether you choose to overcome it or not dictates how you can grow into your full self, and well-being. I read this book along with my dad and we enjoy it! -Aya Harkins, sec 11

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