Categories Of All Known Animals

  1. Those that belong to the Emperor;
  2. Embalmed ones;
  3. Those that are trained;
  4. Suckling pigs;
  5. Mermaids;
  6. Fabulous ones;
  7. Stray dogs;
  8. Those that are included in this classification;
  9. Those that tremble as if they were mad;
  10. Innumerable ones;
  11. Those drawn with a very fine camel’s-hair brush;
  12. Those that have just broken the flower vase;
  13. Those that from a distance resemble flies.
from the 1668 Heavenly Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge, as per Jorge Luis Borges

This was posted 3 years ago. Notes.