« LThe archer’s gesture is sport made into an idea,” writes Thierry Grillet, author of Small Treatise on Gesture, for the Beauty of Sport (Presses de la cité, 2024). The essayist wants to see in the art of shooting arrows a philosophical metaphor. He cites Cicero, Latin thinker from Antiquity, a follower of stoicism, who saw in archery a way of considering a virtuous life.
“Just as the archer aims at the target but, with effort, may miss, what is important in the quest for this virtuous life is the intention, the will to be virtuous – although we know that no one can claim perfection. What matters, ultimately, it’s the gesture. Not success. »
This Sunday evening at 9 p.m., after a fantastic round full of suspense, the American Matt Stutzman shot four perfect ends out of five, won the gold medal in the compound bow category against the number one seed, the Chinese Xinliang Ai (149-147), and watch than by training a lot one could hope to achieve one’s dreams.
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