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Jorge Luis Borges1899–1986

It is venturesome to think that a coordination of words (philosophies are nothing more than that) can resemble the universe very much.

Jorge Luis Borges on philosophy

“Avatars of the Tortoise” (1939), collected in Discussion (1957 edition)

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