Emily Dickinson's "How soft a Caterpillar steps —"
The Daily Poem · Sean Johnson
August 27, 20253m 57s
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Show Notes
Philosopher Thomas Nagel famously argued that it is impossible to know what it’s like to be a bat. Dickinson, on the other hand, claims to know what caterpillars care (or don’t care) about. Happy reading.
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