"Walking" - Philosophy for Where We Find Ourselves (April 17, 2020)

Come, let's walk together, and talk along the way! In this installment of "Philosophy for Where We Find Ourselves," Aaron Simmons considers the metaphor of walking as an invitation to relational existence, meaningful life, and philosophical engagement.
Here are the books mentioned in the video:
Henry David Thoreau - "Walking":
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Frédéric Grow - "A Philosophy of Walking"
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Kurt Vonnegut - "Long Walk to Forever" in Welcome to the Monkey House:
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[@AndyLeeGraham]

Laura Dassow Walls, in her book "A Life," a biography of Henry David Thoreau, has some good explanations of walking. Friedrich Nietzsche more or less says that all great thoughts happen when we walk. I think that when in nature, our distractions end. Thank you,, Andy Lee Graham

[@philosophyforwherewefindou919]

Thanks Andy! I recently wrote a substack about these ideas you might enjoy! Keep hitting the trails!! open.substack.com/pub/jaaronsimmons/p/walking-with-philosophers-or-why?r=36r6bp&