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Umberto Eco
Resolved Question: Where is this Umberto Eco
I found this Umberto Eco quote online:
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.”
However, none of the sites I've found it at tell me where it is originally from. Does anyone know where and when this quote first appeared? Thanks, sorry if I've overlooked something.
Posted on 12 June 2012 | 9:19 am
Resolved Question: Where can I download a
Posted on 28 May 2011 | 6:53 pm
Resolved Question: Who's the more overrated
Which one of the two grossly overrated writers is more overrated? Umberto " Kabbalah Zionist" Eco that you need translation to understand the junk he writes, or Paulo who only had only one decent book ( The Alchemist) and the rest of his work is trashier than trash?
Posted on 30 April 2011 | 3:19 am
Resolved Question: I'm reading "The
I mean Mr Eco claims that he got the story from a medieval manuscript that was later stolen from him, so i don't know, besides the constant use of latin phrases forces you to read it with a Latin Dictionary on your side.
Posted on 26 January 2010 | 2:51 am
Resolved Question: The name of the rose -
What does "Stat rosa pristina, nomine, nomina nuda tenemus" means? Not the english translation, but what it means in the book. Oh, thank you guys.
Posted on 2 December 2009 | 4:55 am