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Re: [lojban] Re: The Analytical Language of John Wilkins
Jorge Llamb?as scripsit:
> > I'd love to see primary source for this.
>
> Coming from Borges, it is perfectly possible that he is the
> primary source. Half of the time his references are ficticious.
It is not only probable, it is damn near certain. Or do you mean that
you want to see Borges's original Spanish text?
Borges did not make up Wilkins or his classification, however;
only Kuhn and the encyclopedia.
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