The exercise of letters is sometimes linked to the ambition to construct an absolute book, a book of books that includes the others like a Platonic archetype, an object whose virtues are not diminished by the passage of time.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The exercise of letters is sometimes linked to the ambition to construct an absolute book, a book of books that includes the others like a Platonic archetype, an object whose virtues are not diminished by the passage of time." in the context of ""Note on Walt Whitman" ["Nota sobre Walt Whitman"]" to mean that wisdom is timeless.