Monday, May 31, 2010

From A Chinese Encyclopedia On Animals...

"I am reminded here of a passage quoted by Michel Foucault, in which Borges refers to the assertion of a Chinese encyclopedia that "animals are divided into: (a) belonging to the Emperor, (b) embalmed, (c) tame, (d) sucking pigs, (e) sirens, (f) fabulous, (g) stray dogs, (h) included in the present classification, (i) frenzied, (j) innumerable, (k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush, (l) et cetera, (m) having just broken the water pitcher, (n) that from a long way off look like flies."

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