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"Sit as little as possible; do not believe any idea that was not born in the open air and of free movement — in which the muscles do not also revel… Sitting sti
by leobg 4y ago
"Sit as little as possible; do not believe any idea that was not born in the open air and of free movement — in which the muscles do not also revel… Sitting still… is the real sin against the Holy Ghost." -Nietzsche
In fact, he composed most of his works during long walks:
"I would walk for six or eight hours a day, composing thoughts that I would later jot down on paper."
- harpratap 4y agoDarwin had a special Thinking path [1] he would take to start his day [1] - http://www.wildlifewonder.co.uk/darwins-thinking-path http://www.wildlifewonder.co.uk/darwins-thinking-path
- walthamstow 4y agoAssuming the home they mention is Downe House, I have walked in his steps many times and not even known it Hayes to Downe is a beautiful walk on the very edge of SE London, much of it technically inside London while being genuinely rural
- Eupraxias 4y agoI have constructed something like this also - never knew Darwin beat me to the idea!
- olooney 4y agoHe also said: "It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth." - Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, 1889
- Eupraxias 4y agoFor anyone interested, read on the Peripatetic School, and the practice of walking and talking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripatetic_school https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripatetic_school I have always loved the idea of a College course being taught while strolling the campus (for certain subjects). I once wrote a work of philosophy that was written on foot and edited while sitting.
- Eupraxias 4y agoAnd it appears someone wrote a book on the topic here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18339944-a-philosophy-of-walking https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18339944-a-philosophy-of... From the page: "In A Philosophy of Walking, leading thinker Frédéric Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B - the pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature ramble - and reveals what they say about us. Gros draws attention to other thinkers who also saw walking as something central to their practice. On his travels he ponders Thoreau's eager seclusion in Walden Woods; the reason Rimbaud walked in a fury, while Nerval rambled to cure his melancholy. He shows us how Rousseau walked in order to think, while Nietzsche wandered the mountainside to write. In contrast, Kant marched through his hometown every day, exactly at the same hour, to escape the compulsion of thought. Brilliant and erudite, A Philosophy of Walking is an entertaining and insightful manifesto for putting one foot in front of the other."