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[โ€“] jeremyparker@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did you know that Kant used to criticize people who drank more than one cup of coffee per day. Also, he would refill his own coffee cup before it was empty, so he never had more than one cup.

[โ€“] Katrisia@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's hilarious! I guess he was a normal man with normal blunders in his daily life. I've heard about his meticulousness, that we had strict rules for his routines and reunions, but never details (and never the cup of coffee thing). Thanks for sharing.

[โ€“] jeremyparker@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

I intended to write that just as an intro paragraph to a critique of enlightenment philosophy, since I feel like, while the goal of objectifying the human experience was the natural predecessor to the eventual subjectification of the exterior universe, their confidence in their interpretations of their experience -- or maybe just in the universality of their interpretations -- makes their entire project a bit sus

But then life happened and I just said the thing about coffee.