This is how it was for me in California. I loved it.

This is how it was for me in California. I loved it.

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Immanuel Kant was famously so punctual and consistent in his daily routine that people in Königsberg reportedly used his afternoon walk as a kind of unofficial clock.

Every day, at nearly the exact same time, he would go out for his walk—so reliably that neighbors could set their watches by it. The only commonly told exception was when he became so absorbed in reading Émile, or On Education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that he missed his usual schedule.

It’s one of those small biographical details that actually fits his philosophy—his life reflected the same order, discipline, and structure that he believed reason should bring to human thinking.