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> Borges isn't comparing a good act and an evil one. He is a bit -- at the end of the article there is a suggestion that they two acts cancel each other out, a
by jmmcd 7y ago
> Borges isn't comparing a good act and an evil one.
He is a bit -- at the end of the article there is a suggestion that they two acts cancel each other out, and we can agree that the burning of books is an evil one.
- djur 7y agoThat doesn't mean they cancel each other out as acts of good and evil, though. They cancel each other out as acts of historical creation and destruction.