One of the heresiarchs of Uqbar had stated that mirrors and copulation are abominable, since they both multiply the numbers of man.
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Variant translation: Mirrors and copulation are obscene, for they increase the numbers of mankind.
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Cf. "Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv", in A Universal History of Iniquity (1935)Jorge Luis Borges
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