3 ms·
Borges may have studied mathematics, but I posit that he was simply a well educated man of the time. Its not unreasonable to assume that he would have read anci
by kjellsbells 3y ago
Borges may have studied mathematics, but I posit that he was simply a well educated man of the time. Its not unreasonable to assume that he would have read ancient Greek thinking, grounding him in logic and paradoxes, for example, or looked at Pascal and Descartes for their philosophy and picked up mathematics on the way. I see evidence of a well educated and supremely well read humanist rather than someone quietly studying Cauchy and Legendre on the down low.
- steppi 3y agoBorges’ depth of knowledge of philosophy and mathematics far exceeded what would have been covered in the BA he received in 1914. He was an autodidact who quietly studied a great deal of topics [0]. Beyond being an educated man of his time, I think he was a genius. [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_autodidacts https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_autodidacts