Walking with Socrates: Great Thinkers and Life's Little Things: Great Thinkers and Life's Little Things

Author: Marcus Aurelius
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is an academic collage, interspersed with anecdotes about the lives of philosophers, wise sayings, and reflective notes on their philosophical systems, all of which, in a sense, lend the book the nature of collecting antiques and treasures.
Content: The idea that walking is beneficial for thinking is almost as old as European philosophy. A poor mind needs more walking. To elevate thought from the feet to the head, many philosophers have been obsessed and relentless walkers, a practice as early as ancient Greece. Thales, one of the greatest philosophers of all time, was a walking enthusiast, even willing to stumble into a well while walking. It is precisely for this reason that his various intellectual achievements were remarkable and had a profound influence. Thales lived in Miletus in the 7th century BC, a small city located on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor, south of the island of Samos.