19th Century Thoughts About Walking
Walking is Fitness
Dave Paul
4.8 • 607 Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The 19th philosopher and theologian Kierkegaard loved walking. During today's ten-minute walk, Dave looks at seven things Kierkegaard believed about walking.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's 10-minute walk is helping both of us remain fitness consistent. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi, I'm Dave. Let's go for a walk. |
| 0:10.0 | I saw this quote from Soaring Kierkegaard. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm assuming that's how the name is pronounced. |
| 0:19.0 | The 19th century Danish theologian, philosopher, and poet. |
| 0:25.6 | I don't know if that's a name that's familiar to you. |
| 0:29.6 | It's a name that's familiar to me. |
| 0:31.6 | I don't know a whole lot about Kierkegaard. |
| 0:33.6 | In fact, I had to, it's like, all right, when did he live? What did he do? All right, so here's what |
| 0:44.0 | Kierkegaard once said, probably wrote. And these are his words. Above all, do not lose your |
| 0:53.8 | desire to walk. Every day, I walk myself into a state of |
| 0:59.3 | well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, |
| 1:06.6 | and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. |
| 1:12.5 | But by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill. |
| 1:23.8 | Thus, if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right. |
| 1:30.3 | I'd never seen that before. Someone posted that online. |
| 1:36.3 | I want to break this down because I think there's some really rich stuff in here. |
| 1:51.0 | Seven points that Kierkegaard makes in this that I've identified. |
| 1:59.0 | Number one, and these are his words, do not lose your desire to walk. |
| 2:08.0 | It's an interesting concept and at this point in my life, I can't imagine losing the desire to walk because I love it so much. It brings pleasure. It's enjoyable. |
| 2:16.4 | It's fun. It's enjoyable. It's fun. |
| 2:19.1 | It's something I look forward to. |
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