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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Nov 2014

      1. Every night I tell Bella bedtime stories. Tonight, one of the bedtime stories was about Immanuel Kant.

      5 replies 12 retweets 17 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Nov 2014
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      2. Bella said, "Daddy, tell me a story about the stars." So I said, "One upon a time, there was a man named, Kant, who liked to think"

      1 reply 5 retweets 6 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Nov 2014
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      3. "Kant was always thinking about why people did bad things, why they hurt each other and didn't share."

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Nov 2014
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      4. "When he was thinking about the world, Kant would go walking, sometimes at night. He would look at the stars."

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Nov 2014
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      5. "He saw the sky full of stars, hundreds and hundreds of stars. Thinking about the stars, he said, 'There are 2 things that are amazing'"

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Nov 2014

      6. "Kant said, 'the stars are amazing, and also amazing is my heart, which tells me it is wrong to hurt people and I have to share.'"

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Nov 2014
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          7. "Thinking about the stars made Kant happy, and he knew he lived in a world that had rules. The End." Then she asked me to tell it again.

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        3. Alpha Charlie Bravo Lives Alone‏ @AC_Bravo 13 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet And tomorrow night you'll tell her about the categorical imperative?

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