Aleph
by H
About This Novel
A collection of novels, published in 1949, containing seventeen short stories. Aleph is the first letter of Hebrew. In mathematics, it represents infinite numbers and infinite sets. Mysticism understands it as the potential energy that transcends the limits of time and space. Borges uses the form of novels to expand his thoughts on time, space, the universe, macro and micro. After the death of the woman I admired, "I" still visited her home every year on her birthday. Her cousin Daneri had been writing a long poem entitled "The World" for many years. He confided a secret to "me", that there was an "Aleph" in the corner of the basement, which was the source of his poetry writing talent. "I" lay quietly on the brick floor in the dark basement, staring at the nineteenth step of the staircase. Finally, I saw a small flashing ball. The scene in the ball was dazzling. "The universe is included in it." That was Aleph.
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Contained in their lives, in their decline and revival, is an ever-increasing enrichment, ever-increasing importance, and ever-expanding scope, in which lie the secrets of world history.
Be fascinated by his labyrinth and feel your own labyrinth - a dream-like psychedelic reality
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Contained in their lives, in their decline and revival, is an ever-increasing enrichment, ever-increasing importance, and ever-expanding scope, in which lie the secrets of world history.
Be fascinated by his labyrinth and feel your own labyrinth - a dream-like psychedelic reality
