An author’s absorbed influences differ from their own original philosophy

Evidence

Borges’s stories include “Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote,” which imagines a twentieth-century writer who reproduces Don Quixote word for word, claiming his version is more original than Cervantes’s because of the historical distance traveled. The story is, in IP terms, a perfect philosophical detonator of the originality requirement and the idea/expression distinction. — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 2029 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A thinker’s own thought must be separated from earlier material that only stimulated it; Identical text can differ in originality depending on authorial context. — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 2029; Book authorship is ultimately a solitary act of individual responsibility. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1672 (+1 more)

Related

• Identical text can differ in originality depending on authorial context. (similarity 0.87)
• Medieval writers copied well-phrased passages as reusable tools rather than seeking originality (similarity 0.82)
• Identical terms can mask different concepts, so concepts must be traced to their sources. (similarity 0.80)
• A publication’s name-value may depend on its named contributors. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Identical text can differ in originality depending on authorial context. #expands (0.85) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 2029