Re: Help: Zhyler ECM/Raising Verbs (Longish)
| From: | ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 5, 2004, 17:53 |
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John Quijada wrote:
> Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> >Quoting Philippe Caquant :
> >> But I didn't find the name of he book yet. I thought I
> >> had it in my own library, but it seems I sold it
> >> again...
> >
> >Judging from your link, it's "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins",
> which
> >I'm fairly certain I've never read. Presumably it was quoted somewhere I
> saw.
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> Being at work, I don't have access to my Borges library at the moment, but
> I'm certain his essay on the Analytical Language of John Wilkins (which is
> indeed the source of this fascinating categorical list) is in Borges' book
> Otras Inquisiciones ("Other Inquisitions").
>
Yes. PP. 139-144 of my 1960 Editorial Emecé edition. He also goes on to
say: "...notoriamente no hay clasificación del universo que no sea
arbitraria y conjetural. La razón es muy simple: no sabemos qué cosa es el
universo."
BTW, John, do you happen to know if there's a decent hardbound "Obras
Completas" de Borges available anywhere? I had in mind to give one to my
school library, but haven't been able to find one. Years ago I used to buy
from Librería Las Américas in NYC (somewhere in the East 20s) but they don't
seem to exist anymore.