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The Severity of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Mysteries of the Universe – Eggington William – CoLibri – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-389-27484-6

The Severity of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Mysteries of the Universe
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Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, German physicist Werner Heisenberg, and Prussian philosopher Immanuel Kant—the lives and ideas of these three of humanity's greatest thinkers are intertwined in this brilliant book by philosopher and literary scholar William Egginton.

In their lives, struggles, and reflections, Borges, Heisenberg, and Kant pushed the boundaries of their imaginations in an attempt to answer the most difficult question of all: is the human mind capable of comprehending true, absolute reality? Borges sought the answer in literary labyrinths, Heisenberg in the paradoxes of quantum mechanics, and Kant by exploring the limits of reason and free will. Egginton offers the reader a captivating intellectual journey at the intersection of physics, literature, and philosophy, proving that the greatest mysteries of the universe remain unsolved not because of our weaknesses, but because it is precisely this limitation of knowledge that makes us human.
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