Walking with Socrates

Author: [German] Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated by Ren Guoqiang
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Publishing Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Walking is beneficial for thinking, a notion almost as ancient as European philosophy. A poor mind requires more walking. To elevate thoughts from the legs to the mind, 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 the 7th century BC in Miletus, a small city located in the southern part of Samos Island, along the Ionian coast of Asia Minor.