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Borges Translating Ibn Rushd Translating Aristotle: T. O. Beebee, Transmesis © Thomas O. Beebee 2012
Borges Translating Ibn Rushd Translating Aristotle: T. O. Beebee, Transmesis © Thomas O. Beebee 2012
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Borges Translating Ibn Rushd
Translating Aristotle
The cult of Aristotle that the Arabs transmitted to Europe, perhaps without under-
standing him at all, as though they were simply transcribing a message in secret
code . . .