Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Act III, scene ii of David Hume in the Library of Babel Pictured above is a sample page from a random book in the imaginary world of Jorge Luis Borges’ short story Library of Babel. (Words that are English-sounding are … Continue reading →

Act III, scene i of David Hume in the Library of Babel The last part of Jorge Luis Borges’ short story “The Library of Babel” presents a tantalizing possibility: the existence of a literary holy grail, a master index “that … Continue reading →

Act II, scene iii of David Hume in the Library of Babel My previous post was about Borges’ paradox: although the Universal Library contains all possible books, including those books that have not yet been written, the probability of finding … Continue reading →

Act II, scene ii of David Hume in the Library of Babel In my previous post, I surveyed the abstract axioms of Borges’ imaginary library. The next paragraph of the story (Para. 8) contains a paradox: the Universal Library contains … Continue reading →

Act II, scene i of “David Hume in the Library of Babel” In my previous three posts (see here, here, and here), we revisited the first three paragraphs of Jorge Luis Borges’ The Library of Babel. Today, I will turn … Continue reading →

I will resume my series on “David Hume in the Library of Babel” tomorrow. In the meantime, below is one of my all-time favorite 80s hit songs as well as two bonus links:

Act I, scene iii of “David Hume in the Library of Babel” My previous two posts have revisited the first two paragraphs of Jorge Luis Borges’ The Library of Babel. Today, I will go over the third paragraph of the … Continue reading →

Act I, scene ii of “David Hume in the Library of Babel” My previous post went over the first paragraph of Jorge Luis Borges’ The Library of Babel, which describes the setting of the story: an “infinite” library consisting of … Continue reading →

Act I, scene i of “Hume in the Library of Babel” In my previous post, I posed a crazy thought-experiment: What if David Hume were to find himself in Jorge Luis Borges’ imaginary “Library of Babel”? But what does this … Continue reading →

I have been busy working on a new whimsical literary project this week and will be sharing the fruits of my intellectual labors here starting today. My prologue is below the fold: