John C. Wright on Borges & Wolfe
The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 19 Apr 2010
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Gwern Branwen — 19 Apr 2010, 23:42

http://johncwright.livejournal.com/331497.html

Connects 3 Borges story to TBOTNS. I don't think the connections will
be much controversial.

(I do disagree with his theory of Borges as a parodist of non-theistic
philosophy; that he sees Borges that way says more about Wright than
Borges. Borges can't believe in the Christian God because, as he says
in the introduction to _Book of Imaginary Beings_, the Trinity is more
fantastic an imagining than any he could devise.
To know theology is not to believe:  "He [Omar Khayyam] is an atheist,
but knows how to interpret in orthodox style the most difficult
passages of the Koran; for every educated man is a theologian and
faith is not a requisite.")

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  gwern

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