Abstract

MCDERMID, Douglas. La poesía como un preludio a la filosofía: algunas reflexiones sobre un poema tardío de Borges. Diánoia [online]. 2005, vol.50, n.54, pp.123-140. ISSN 0185-2450.

In this essay I propose not only to analyze a poem by Jorge Luis Borges, but also to connect that poem with a metaphilosophical idea of Plato’s -namely, the view that philosophy begins in wonder. For I argue that some poetry -Borges’ brief poem being an admirable example- can serve as a prelude to philosophy by arousing Platonic wonder in readers capable of experiencing it.

Keywords : metaphilosophy; the self; possibility; custom.

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