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The Number and the Siren

By Quentin Meillassoux, Robin Mackay (Translator)
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By Quentin Meillassoux, Robin Mackay (Translator)
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A philosophical interrogation of the concepts of chance, contingency, and eternity through a concentrated study of Mallarmé's poem “Un Coup de Dés.”

A meticulous literary study, a detective story à la Edgar Allan Poe, a treasure-hunt worthy of an adventure novel—such is the register in which can be deciphered the hidden secrets of a poem like no other. Quentin Meillassoux, author of After Finitude, continues his philosophical interrogation of the concepts of chance, contingency, infinity, an...

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LiteraturePhilosophyLiterary CriticismMajor Branches of Philosophical StudyFrench LiteraturePoetry - Literary CriticismGeneral & Miscellaneous French Literature - Literary CriticismMetaphysicsGeneral & Miscellaneous Poetry - Literary Criticism