Historia de la eternidad


Historia de la eternidad is a book of essays published by Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges, in 1936.

Content

In the essay after which the book is titled, which is complemented by two others, the author contemplates the issues of time and eternity, from platonic, Christian and Nietzschean perspectives. As Borges himself states in the book's prologue, eternity
In the essays titled Los Kenningar and La metáfora, Borges analyzes that poetic resource, particularly from the point of view of the ancient Germanic epics. By comparing metaphors present in the ancient Icelandic sagas with later ones, we can observe how the same ones are repeated from one culture to another:
In Los traductores de Las Mil y Una Noches the author discusses the different old versions of the celebrated collection of oriental stories.
The book is completed by one of the Borges' most noted essay-stories, which also appears in his acclaimed Ficciones: El acercamiento a Almotásim, and a short and tasteful review of satiric literature and classical insults.

Essays

  • Historia de la eternidad
  • Las kenningar
  • La metáfora
  • La doctrina de los ciclos
  • El tiempo circular
  • Los traductores de las mil y una noches :
  • Two Notes: