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Nietzsche on Walking

The philosopher who thought outdoors, ten hours a day

Nietzsche on Walking

We do not belong to those who have ideas only among books, when stimulated by books. It is our habit to think outdoors — walking, leaping, climbing.

— Friedrich Nietzsche, surfaced by Maria Popova. Half-blind and bedridden by migraines in his thirties, he found one remedy: walking one hour each morning and three each afternoon, later up to ten a day, composing The Wanderer and His Shadow almost entirely on foot.

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