the myth of Hermes

«In the myth of Hermes, the principles of identity, noncontradiction,
and the excluded middle are denied; the causal chains fold themselves
into a spiral, the after precedes the before, the god knows no more
spatial borders and can be, under different forms, in different places
at the same moment. Now, if I reconsider the course of my research, I
notice that it always places itself under the sign of a limit to be
identified. All the fascination that I could bring out regarding
hermetic thought was the subject of my novels -- understood as the
grotesque representation of a mental perversion.» - Umberto Eco, "Weak
Thought and the Limits of Interpretation"