"Universal history is the history of a few metaphors."
— Jorge Luis Borges

January 1, 1970

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"Pascal’s Sphere" ["La esfera de Pascal"] (1951) — Variant translations: Perhaps universal history is the history of the diverse intonation of some metaphors. — It may be that universal history is the history of the different intonations given a handful of metaphors.