“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

Discussion (1932)
Context: It is venturesome to think that a coordination of words (philosophies are nothing more than that) can resemble the universe very much. It is also venturesome to think that of all these illustrious coordinations, one of them — at least in an infinitesimal way — does not resemble the universe a bit more than the others.

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Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator… 1899–1986

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