Para uno de esos gnosticos, el visible universo era una ilusion o (mas precisamente) un sofisma. Los espejos y la paternidad son abominables porque lo multiplican y lo divulgan.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Gnostics viewed the universe as illusion, seeing mirrors and reproduction as harmful.
- In plain terms
- Some believe the world is fake and multiplying it is bad.
- What can you take from it?
- Some philosophies reject copying or reflecting reality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is the real real?
- Do mirrors multiply reality?
Another view
It presents a specific religious view as general truth.
More from Jorge Luis Borges
One of the heresiarchs of Uqbar had stated that mirrors and copulation are abominable, since they both multiply the numbers of man.
Permalink to quote #52 In life, he suffered from a sense of unreality, as do many Englishmen.
Permalink to quote #54 I owe the discovery of Uqbar to the conjunction of a mirror and an encyclopedia.
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