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by alberto_ol 869 days ago
Umberto Eco quoted Jorge Luis Borges:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Exactitude_in_Science
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B1FF_PSUVM 869 days ago
Speaking of Borges, sometimes I'm sadly reminded of his spoof of categorization schemes ("Animals: those that belong to the Emperor, embalmed ones," etc. ) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevole...
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remoquete 869 days ago
Yes, though it'd be perhaps more accurate to say it expanded upon the theme, as Wikipedia says.
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