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October 20, 2005
I found this selection completely ridiculous - dissident. I feel dissatisfied at the lack of completion - the dissidence - in the idealogy of the peoples of Tlon. And I just can't get away from this. This is the labyrinth. They are comprised of Spinoza, Plato, everything, but not to completion. Their very collective existence is hypocritical. Each facet a false door, dead-end, oubliette. Even the nihilistic genesis of the concept is hypocritical - from the founding tricksters to the ascetic slaver - notably exemplified in "demonstrate to the nonexistant GOD that mortal man was capable..." This is error not by error, but by exclusion. The logic is incomplete, and like most real games, there is no second place. The piece is a labyrinth in and of itself - circularity. Spinoza should be beaming. Everything does not comprise GOD, but GOD GOD GOD GOD GOD. This is the correct substantiation of the concepts initiated by Borges. But would that make an interesting story?
Posted by alex at October 20, 2005 09:20 PM