Borges' Vision: Exploring the Universe as an Infinite Library Essay

This essay delves into Jorge Luis Borges' concept of the universe as an infinite library, filled with galleries, collections, social media, films, and archives. The student imagines this library and explains what they would choose to explore, providing reasons for their selections. The essay discusses the potential for gaining knowledge and experiences from such a vast collection, emphasizing the importance of galleries in providing visual and cultural insights. It concludes with a reflection on the potential for learning and the importance of understanding different perspectives within this infinite library. The essay also references various sources to support its arguments.

Borges The Universe and the
Infinite Library

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo was an Argentine essayist, short-story writer,
poet and translator. He was born in year 1899 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and was died on 14th
June, 1896. His best known books includes Ficciones and El Aleph which are the compilations
of short stories that are interconnected through common themes, including philosophy, libraries,
dreams, labyrinths, mirrors, mythology and fictional writers (Gabbay, 2016).
MAIN BODY
According to Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges, the universe is a library and we can learn
many things from it by observing small things and getting various new experiences by the things
around us. As per his views, the universe is filled with everything that an individual could ever
imagine including an infinite number of galleries, letters, references, collections and volumes,
archives, social media posts (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc.), films, videos as well as
photographs, holding each written work there perpetually was, is, and will be. We can learn
many things from the universe and gain wider knowledge regarding the things. The galleries,
social media post knowledge of various areas and many people upload their posts on that which
helps an individual in gaining wider knowledge.
In spite of the fact that library contains many books, gaining complete knowledge from it is
impossible as part of Library is accessible to cataloguing and study. According to the author,
even if all the books are written with similar letters of alphabet, but to know those letters does
not bring anybody proximal to an understanding of ultimate nature of Universe. I will check out
galleries as a fine art gallery can provide eye appealing space which is open, where visitors can
view as well as appreciate art (Abreu Mendoza, 2015). The galleries present history of specific
culture in visual manner which provides a snapshot to us of what life I was like at a specific time
period by the art work. It also helps us in getting knowledge about political and social climate at
the past time when the artwork was made. Galleries provides such an artwork that helps in
understanding different perspectives as well as ways of thinking.
Galleries also inspired me to endorse a specific cause, alter the way of thinking and even
develop own work of art. Galleries also immensely contribute to economy and society true
inspiring others and educate them about various areas. If we imagine the universe as a library, we
can get knowledge about diverse areas as the universe consists of numerous galleries, letters,
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references, films, videos, archives, collections and volumes, social media post and photographs.
All these helps in knowing about the past and various things which we never ever imagine. The
galleries exhibit the works of artists, drive the colour of contemporary artists which are young
(Butler, 2015).
CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned report, it has been concluded that if a person considers the
universe as a library, then he or she can learn many new things which an individual never ever
think before. It helps them in get familiar with the traditional culture which is followed before
and certain other areas also.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Gabbay, C., 2016. Worlds of Libraries: Metafictional Works by Arlt, Borges, Bermani, and De
Santis. Canadian Review of Comparative Literature/Revue Canadienne de Littérature
Comparée, 43(2), pp.241-262.
Abreu Mendoza, C., 2015. Borges, Tlön and the Third Tiger: Towards a Poetics of Experience.
Butler, C., 2015. Margaret Mahy: Librarian of Babel. The Lion and the Unicorn, 39(2), pp.129-
145.
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