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From "The House of Asterion" by Jorge Luis Borges: "It is true that I never leave my house, but it is also true that its doors (whose numbers are infinite) (fo
by sshine 4y ago
From "The House of Asterion" by Jorge Luis Borges:
"It is true that I never leave my house, but it is also true that its doors (whose numbers are infinite) (footnote: The original says fourteen, but there is ample reason to infer that, as used by Asterion, this numeral stands for infinite.) are open day and night to men and to animals as well."
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- Eddonarth 4y agoThat reminds me of the Nahuatl word centzon, which is used to mean either 400, or an innumerable/infinite number. The Aztecs used a base-20 number system, so 400 = 20*20. https://www.mythicalcreaturescatalogue.com/post/2016/06/10/the-centzon-totochtin-the-innumerable-divine-rabbits-mexico https://www.mythicalcreaturescatalogue.com/post/2016/06/10/t...