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Jorge Luis Borges1899–1986

There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others. I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics; I refer to the infinite.

Jorge Luis Borges on ideas

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

Ideas Philosophy

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