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Emily Dickinson's "How soft a Caterpillar steps —"
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:03:57
Publish Date: 2025-08-27 12:00:00
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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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