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Dreams of the Universal Library
O homem, o bibliotecário imperfeito, pode ser obra do acaso ou de demiurgos malévolos; o universo, com sua elegante provisão de prateleiras, de tomos enigmáticos, de incansáveis escadas para o viajante e de latrinas para o bibliotecário sentado, somente pode ser obra de um deus.
Jorge Luis Borges • Ficções (Portuguese Edition)
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories (New Directions Paperbook)
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A Reverb episode about aphorisms and the ideas presented in the essay titled Dreams of the Universal Library: https://www.academia.edu/72782889/Dreams_of_the_Universal_Library.
Sane • EP.14 Andrew Hui on aphorisms and the universal library by Reverb by Sane
I sat there day after day, drinking in the atmosphere of the place-the smell of the books, the feel of them, the easy chairs. The way of life that the library symbolized-the commitment to knowledge and the leisure to pursue it-struck a chord in me that still resonates. I wanted all this for myself and my