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Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:43:57 -0300
From: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello <jansy@aetern.us>
Mailing Booromeo again
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From: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 8:26 AM
Subject: Beau Romeo/Borromeo/Moore in TT
Dear Don and List
I had already mentioned the Borromean knot ( with which I got acquainted through
psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan´s theories ) in connection to Beau Romeo and a
geographical site.
After I discovered Wittgenstein´s reaction to the "Moore Paradox" and its
marvellous fit in "Transparent Things", I concluded that some of VN´s "obscure
jokes in Tralatitions" were more intertwined with "real math" than I´d
originally thought.
It might be important then to post a quick reference to the borromean knot´s
non-interlocking loops and add its representation. Not only for those able to
deal with topology and mathematics, but also because yesterday I had written
about the "shifting characters blending into each other" ( Mr. R, Von Librikov,
Hugh, Romeo, VN - Armande, Julia, Juliet) and here it is demonstrated how three
persons ( 3P ) can be interlocked without loosing their identity.
Jansy
Borromean Knot
Three loops are tangled together but no pair is linked. This appeared on the
Borromeo family crest of the Italian Renaissance. No two rings are actually
interlocked. Each maintains its identity.
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