Borges and Plato

A Game with Shifting Mirrors

• Author(s): Shlomy Mualem,
• Publisher: Iberoamericana Editorial
• Pages: 246
• ISBN_10: 8484895955
  ISBN_13: 9788484895954
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / Caribbean & Latin American , Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical , Philosophy / General , Philosophy / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical , Social Science / Folklore & Mythology ,

Description:... This comparative approach shows how the Platonic viewpoint sheds new light on Borges' essayistic and fictional work. Analyses to which extent his thought is deeply rooted in classical philosophical doctrines.