Iimbali ze UJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (Buenos Aires, Agasti 24, 1899-Geneva, Juni 14, 1986) bubuncwane, imimangaliso emincinci efanele ukufunyanwa. Ezi ndibonisa namhlanje zivela kwincwadi yakhe Iintsomi (1944), ngakumbi icandelo lokuqala, Igadi yeeNdlela zokuFunela.
UTlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
Esinye sezikolo zaseTlön sigqiba kwelokukhanyela ixesha: sinika izizathu zangoku, kwaye ikamva alinabunyani ngaphandle kwethemba langoku, ukuba elidlulileyo alinabunyani ngaphandle kwememori yangoku.* Esinye isikolo sixela ukuba sele sidlulile lonke ixesha kwaye nokuba ubomi bethu buyinkumbulo okanye ukutshona kwelanga kuphela, kwaye ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo buxoki kwaye bunqunyulwe inkqubo engenakuphinda ifumaneke. Enye, ukuba imbali yendalo iphela-kwaye kubo ubomi bethu kunye neyona nkcukacha yobomi bethu-kukubhalwa okuveliswa nguthixo osezantsi ukuqonda idemon. Enye into, kukuba indalo iphela iyathelekiswa nezo ziikryptographie ekungasasebenziyo kuzo zonke iisimboli kwaye kwenzeka kuphela emva kobusuku obungamakhulu amathathu. Enye into, ngelixa silele apha, sivukile kwenye indawo kwaye indoda nganye ngamadoda amabini.
* URussell. (Uhlalutyo lwengqondo, 1921, iphepha 159) ucinga ukuba iplanethi yenziwe ngoku kwimizuzu embalwa edlulileyo, ebonelelwe ngobuntu "obukhumbula" ixesha elidlulileyo.
Siqala nge UTlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, ibali elifundisisa ubukho belinye ilizwe elibizwa ngokuba yiTlön. Amathandabuzo aliqela aphazamisayo ahlala kula maphepha ayo. Ngaba likho elinye ilizwe? Ngaba kukuyilwa kwabaphengululi bobunyani bethu? Ngaba i-cosmos yethu imiselwe ukuba yiTlön ngokudlula kweeon ezingaqhelekanga?
Eyona nto inomdla ngebali kukufunda kwayo okuninzi, kokubini uncwadi, njengoko ifilosofi o isuntsu. Kwelinye icala, isitayile seBorgian, esithi umngeni kwimida phakathi kwenyani kunye neentsomi, ikho kwigama ngalinye kwigama ngalinye.
Amabhodlo setyhula
Umphambukeli wolule phantsi kwesiseko. Wavuswa lilanga eliphezulu. Wafumanisa engothuki ukuba amanxeba aphilile; uvale amehlo akhe amdaka walala, hayi ngenxa yokuba buthathaka kwenyama kodwa ngenxa yokuzimisela kwentando. Wayeyazi ukuba le tempile yayiyindawo injongo yakhe engenakoyiswa efunekayo; wayesazi ukuba imithi engapheliyo ayiphumelelanga ukukrwitshwa, ukuhla ezantsi, amabhodlo enye itempile entle, nayo yoothixo abatshisiweyo nabafileyo; Wayesazi ukuba uxanduva lwakhe kwangoko kukulala. […]
KwiGnostic cosmogony, iidemokhrasi zixovula uAdam obomvu ongakwaziyo ukuphakama; engenabuchule kwaye ekrwada kwaye engacacanga njengoAdam wothuli, wayenguAdam wobuthongo obabenziwe bubusuku bomlingo.
Ukuba into ethile ivelele Amabhodlo setyhula kungenxa yesiphelo sayo esimangalisayo esingayi kutyhila. Kodwa indlela phakathi kwemigca yayo inomdla nje. Ibali lisisa kumabhodlo etempile yakudala ejikelezayo, apho indoda izinikela ekucamngceni. Injongo yayo icacile: phupha ngomnye umntu ukuya kwinqanaba apho liyinyani.
Ilotto eBhabheli
Lo msebenzi uthe cwaka, xa kuthelekiswa nokaThixo, ubangela zonke iintlobo zokuqiqa. Abanye bathi ngokumasikizi uMbutho khange ubekhona kangangeenkulungwane kwaye ukungangqinelani kobomi bethu yinto nje esivela kuyo, ngokwesiko; omnye uyigweba ngonaphakade kwaye ufundisa ukuba iya kuhlala kude kube bubusuku bokugqibela, xa uthixo wokugqibela etshabalalisa umhlaba. Omnye ubhengeza ukuba iNkampani inamandla onke, kodwa inefuthe nje kwizinto zomzuzu: ukukhala kwentaka, iirusi nothuli, ukuqaqamba kwesifingo. Enye, ephuma emlonyeni wee-heresiarchs ezifihliweyo, ezingazange zibekho kwaye azisayi kubakho.
Siphela ngo Ilotto eBhabheli, ibali elichaza indlela olo hlanga oluhlelwe ngayo malunga nelona thuba limsulwa. Ukuqaqanjelwa kweli bali kukuba ayichazi, icebisa; ngendlela yokuba kukhuthaza ukucinga komfundi kwaye imenze athathe inxaxheba ebalini.