Words About Words
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It is often forgotten that (dictionaries) are artificial
repositories, put together well after the languages they define. The
roots of language are irrational and of a magical nature.
--Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian poet, short-story writer, and
essayist, _El otro, el mismo_, 1969
Borges writes the finest fictional philosophy of knowledge....
posted by Jen @ 6:03 AM
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