Borges and Plato: A Game with Shifting Mirrors

Jorge Luis Borges´ philosophical fiction and Plato´s intellectual dramas are perhaps the most intricate records in Western history of attempts to artfully interweave mythos and logos, argumentation and narrative, thought and imagination. Their juxtaposition, presented in the following study, aims at demonstrating the complex connections between classical and modern literature and thought. The study shows how the Platonic viewpoint sheds new light on Borges´ essayistic and fictional work, pr...