Jorge Luis Borges, The Zahir - Illness And Misfortune The Zahir Brings - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "The Zahir" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It focuses on the effect that the Zahir exerts on the Borges of the story. He received it as a coin given in change purchasing a brandy. He then deliberately loses it, and strives not to think about it, but eventually finds himself unable to escape it. As it begins to lead him into thinking more and more about it and the many associations it inspires, he learns that the Zahir appears in many places and times as different objects. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Get Borges' Collected Fictions here - amzn.to/3xZnwHA