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“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being & walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my bes

• the-dude 6y ago
  He died 42 yrs old, and collapsed on one of his walks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard
  • dundarious 6y ago
    Quite funny in a way, but for balance, according to Wikipedia, the cause of death may well have been from complications from an old physical injury, or from an infection that's often lethal without medicine that was unavailable in his day. Kierkegaard died in Frederiks Hospital after over a month, possibly from complications from a fall from a tree in his youth. It has been suggested by professor Kaare Weismann and literature scientist Jens Staubrand that Kierkegaard died from Pott disease, a form of tuberculosis.
    • the-dude 6y ago
      Well, your balance is all speculation and obviously the walking did not help.
      • Jtsummers 6y ago
        It's also not clear that it hurt. He could've collapsed standing at a kitchen counter that same day if he hadn't gone on the same walk. It's all speculation.
        • the-dude 6y ago
          Look, dude claimed everything would be a-o.k. if you just walked. Well, apparently not.
          • handoflixue 6y ago
            You're being way too literal here. He said "I know of no THOUGHT so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it." He's not promising immortality, simply that walking is a good way to deal with things, especially heavy thoughts.
            • the-dude 6y ago
              the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill
              • Bancakes 6y ago
                That's true, especially if you are literally sitting on a hard chair and restricting your blood flow.
              • jeltz 6y ago
                Modern science has basically confirmed that he was right. There are plenty of studies which show how dangerous having a desk job is.
          • kirgggle 6y ago
            That seems like a bit of a facile perspective. I'm reminded of what a centenarian once said when they were asked about the secret to their health. "Just keep breathing. I can't think of anything else. I can give you all sorts of ideas and suggestions but if you're not breathing, they don't mean anything."
          • nate_meurer 6y ago
            Kierkegaard's writing is significantly poetic. Reading snippets of it as though you're a hyper-literal 6-year-old may lead you to miss some of the nuance.
      • handoflixue 6y ago
        No one is claiming that it's meant to cure everything, just that all else being equal, you're better off having gotten in a daily walk. He made it quite clear that walking DID help his mood and happiness. It quite probably kept him in better health before he died, since that's what exercise does.
        • the-dude 6y ago
          & walk away from every illness.
          • Bancakes 6y ago
            You don't understand hyperbole or the increase in metabolic rate after physical activity.
            • nswest23 6y ago
              Nah he's right. Someone collapsed while walking obviously walking was the cause of death. Also, people die in hospitals with astonishing regularity. Better stay away from hospitals too.
              • Bancakes 6y ago
                I can power a small furnace with the amount of sarcasm you emit.
      • dundarious 6y ago
        I agree it's speculation, I said "may". Balance of speculation.
  • tartoran 6y ago
    Taking that last walk wasn't really the cause but more part of his final episode in life, he died a month into the hospital. Which brings me to an old dilemma: "It is quite common for old people to suffer from osteoporosis and also to have falls resulting in fracture. The dilemma is do they fracture before the fall and the fall is a cause of an initial fracture and the fracture in turn a cause of osteoporosis?
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• FriedrichN 6y ago
  "A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value." - Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols)