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The Origin of Shoes: a Tale 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Kabat-Zinn, J.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Springer Science and Business Media
  • 출판년도2014
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Mindfulness
  • 발행사항Vol.5No.6[2014]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1868-8527
  • 소개/요약There is an ancient story of how shoes came to be invented.Once upon a time, a long long time ago, it seems, there was a princess who, while walking one day, stubbed her toe on a root sticking out in the path. Vexed, she went to the prime minister and insisted that he draw up an edict declaring that the entire kingdom should be paved in leather so that no one would ever have to suffer from stubbing a toe again. Now the prime minister knew that the king always wanted to please his daughter in any and every way, and so might be appealed to to actually cover the kingdom in leather, which, while it might solve that problem and make the princess happy and save everybody from the indignity of stubbed toes, would be sorely problematic in many ways, to say nothing of expensive. Thinking quickly [I won’t say “on his feet”], the prime minister responded: “I have it! Instead of covering the whole kingdom in leather, Your Highness, why don’t we craft pieces of leather shaped to your feet and attac ...