Borges - Labyrinths (1641)
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sufi
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i got that 1 - includes all the short stories - i started in the middle and have been reading it for 4 or 5 years i think, not sure whether i will ever finish
no poetry unfortunately
shiels
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the Doppler effect makes this more haunting
luka
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The secret to Borges' prodigious reading is here, that he regarded everything as a branch of fantastic literature. This for me is a kind of ideal, it's what I want to access because once unlocked all texts become charmed and reading biology or geology is as magical as reading poetry.
And then as adjunct that the world rests on these fictions which are arbitrary and can be exchanged. That there are a billion ways to dream the world.
And then as adjunct that the world rests on these fictions which are arbitrary and can be exchanged. That there are a billion ways to dream the world.
luka
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In literary practices the idea of a single subject is also all-powerful. It is uncommon for books to be signed. The concept of plagiarism does not exist: it has been established that all works are the creation of one author, who is atemporal and anonymous. The critics often invent authors: they select two dissimilar works - the Tao Te Ching and the 1001 Nights, say - attribute them to the same writer and then determine most scrupulously the psychology of this interesting homme de lettres...
Their books are also different. Works of fiction contain a single plot, with all its imaginable permutations. Those of a philosophical nature invariably include both the thesis and the antithesis, the rigorous pro and con of a doctrine. A book which does not contain its counterbook is considered incomplete.
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In literary practices the idea of a single subject is also all-powerful. It is uncommon for books to be signed. The concept of plagiarism does not exist: it has been established that all works are the creation of one author, who is atemporal and anonymous. The critics often invent authors: they select two dissimilar works - the Tao Te Ching and the 1001 Nights, say - attribute them to the same writer and then determine most scrupulously the psychology of this interesting homme de lettres...
Their books are also different. Works of fiction contain a single plot, with all its imaginable permutations. Those of a philosophical nature invariably include both the thesis and the antithesis, the rigorous pro and con of a doctrine. A book which does not contain its counterbook is considered incomplete.
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shiels
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oh that is good
luka
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The Rosicrucians also get a nod in the story. This false society which becomes a real society like The Necronomicon becomes real book(s).
The whole dreaming of western esotericism. The counter history of western esotericism. The animating dreams of the occult. The dark side of the moon. The fake which becomes real.
The whole dreaming of western esotericism. The counter history of western esotericism. The animating dreams of the occult. The dark side of the moon. The fake which becomes real.
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luka
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