Paul Valéry (1871-1945) chose the sort of Platonic dialogue to write, in 1924, The soul and dance. There interrogates the nature of the body in motion and has, in a language close to poetry, the first of several accolades during his career devoted to its dance art.

Complementing this piece, Man and the snail, philosophical meditation court that abounds in references math is added, and deals with the inventiveness and human do.