Abstract
Despite Borges' emphasis on fictional puzzles which can be solved only by the power of reason, conative and affective influences overshadow the conceptual component in his work. This is why Borges elaborates his transcendent ideas in a context of violent fantasies. Borges' flights into intellectualization result from his efforts to repudiate aggressive drives, the residue of unresolved oedipal fears and resentments and his rage because of his blindness. At the same time, Borges is aware of the futility of depending on reason and ignoring passion as a motivating force. Nevertheless, he is compelled to create protagonists who are destroyed because they dare to pursue their abstract ideals in a world of brutal facts and violent impulses. Borges' positive achievement is his creation of a universe of infinite logical possibilities as an antidote to human helplessness and the perdurability of the world of concrete appearances.
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