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Running & Being by George Sheehan — WisdomDeck honest review
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Running & Being

by George Sheehan

The cardiologist-philosopher of the 1970s running boom on play, the body, solitude and meaning. Essayistic, quotable and the reason a generation thought of running as a spiritual act.

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  1. Play is the point.
  2. The body is a teacher.
  3. Everyone is an experiment of one.

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