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Wandering thinkers of Antiquity known as Peripatetics found that our best thoughts come to mind while wandering. The rhythm of walking frees the head, sensuous experiences of the great outdoors excite brain storms. Nietzsche's thoughts did not occur to him standing at a lectern either, but rather when he was on the move. He always took a notebook on his endless rambles in Switzerland's Upper Engadine. At night, he would map out his formulations. Illustrator, painter, graphic artist and filmmaker Thomas Steiner discovered his Sils Maria in a different mountain village – in northern Italy's Liguria. The district of...