Comment by 0cf8612b2e1e
Comment by 0cf8612b2e1e 4 days ago
Most of those names strike me as particularly affluent or benefitting from a rich sponsor. Which does not really contradict the original point that majority of the population were focused on survival.
"Yes, it wasn't as affordable in earlier times,"
Thinking in peace and quiet was indeed a luxury in past times.
That doesn't mean there isn't a long tradition of walking if you needed to think. And that was the core point of OP - not that the majority was focused on survival, but that supposedly thinking and walking are a new relationship, previously impossible. And they really aren't. (Even as a subsistence farmer, you occasionally have to think, and doing that during a walk is a pretty common approach)