Funes the Memorious

Metadata

  • Media: #shortstory
    • Author: [[!Jorge Luis Borges]]
    • From: B-Ficciones
    • Status: read
    • Date: 2020-08-21
    • Tags: #historical #weirdfiction
    • Rating: ★★☆☆☆
    • Idea richness: ★★★☆☆

Thoughts

  • A crippled man who gains (or claims to gain) an incredible memory that perceives every single moment and detail and sees them all as unique.
  • Interesting but not a particularly enjoyable read. Not my cup of tea.
  • "To think is to ignore (or forget) differences, to generalize, to abstract. In the teeming world of Ireneo Funes there was nothing but particulars." --> Thinking relies on generalization