The Daily Poem • 27 August 2025

Emily Dickinson's "How soft a Caterpillar steps —"

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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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