Borges loves exploring these extremes. He also looks at the concepts of singularity and infinity with regard to language in "Undr" and "The Library of Babel," r

Borges loves exploring these extremes. He also looks at the concepts of singularity and infinity with regard to language in "Undr" and "The Library of Babel," respectively. In "Undr," the poetry of a society evolves over time to be just a single word that contains all of the meaning and feeling of the poetry that had previously existed in the culture. In this sense, the word is a singularity of meaning that encompasses everything that it aims to. It is superior to less compact representations. In "The Library of Babel," there is a (near) endless library full of 410-page books that contain every permutation of a standard set of letters on a standard page layout. Despite the glut of information, these books contain every truth of the universe (that could fit inside of one of these 410-page books). They also, however, simultaneously contain every possible version of untruth... I'm glad I opened this thread. I haven't read the Aleph or the Zahir, but I certainly will now. So much love for his short stories.