...the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future.] History, mother of truth; the idea is astounding. Menard, a contemporary of William James, does not define history as an investigation of reality, but as its origin. Historical truth, for him, is not what took place; it...

...past, exemplar and adviser to the present, and the future's counselor. History, the mother of truth: the idea is astounding. Menard, a contemporary of...has happened; it is what we judge to have happened. The final phrases— exemplar and adviser to the present, and the future's counselor—are brazenly...

...Jorge Luis Borges, who sets forth Pierre Menard as candidate. "Historical truth," writes Borges, " is not what has happened; it is what we judge to have happened."37 VII In conclusion, then, it is clear that for Fielding in Joseph Andrews Don Quixote is...

...past, exemplar and adviser to the present, and the future's counsellor. History, the mother of truth: the idea is astounding. Menard, a contemporary of...has happened; it is what we judge to have happened. The final phrase - exemplar and adviser to the present, and the future's counsellor — are brazenly...

...past, exemplar and adviser to the present, and the future's counselor. History, the mother of truth: the idea is astounding. Menard, a contemporary of...has happened; it is what we judge to have happened. The final phrases — exemplar and adviser to the present, and the future's counselor — are brazenly...

...past, exemplar and adviser to the present, and the future's counsellor. History, the mother of truth: the idea is astounding. Menard, a contemporary of...has happened; it is what we judge to have happened . The final phrases - exemplar and adviser to the present , and the future's counsellor - are brazenly...

...truth, he was merely a "lay genius" offering rhetorical praise for history. But when Menard rewrites it, Borges finds that "the idea is astounding. Menard,...updating of the text should not be surprising because, even if Menard's own fetishized version ironically wants to reinscribe a textual stability denied to...

...past, exemplar and advisor to the present, and the future's counselor. History, the mother of truth: the idea is astounding. Menard, a contemporary of...truth, for him, is not what has happened; it is what we have judged to have happened. The final phrases—exemplar and advisor to the present, and the future's...

...exemplar and adviser to to the present, and the future's counsellor. History, the mother of truth: the idea is astounding. Menard, a contemporary of William James, does not define history as an enquiry into reality but as its origin. Historical truth, for him, is not what has happened; it is...

...past, exemplar and adviser to the present, and the future's counsellor. History, the mother of truth: the idea is astounding. Menard, a contemporary of William James, does not defme history as an inquiry into reality but as its origin. Historical truth, for him, is not what...