Umberto Eco

Friday, 13 December 2024

Famous quotes by Umberto Eco:

"Translation is the art of failure."

"If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third thing that connects them, that's credulity"

"When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything."

"The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb."

"Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them."

"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."

"The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else"

"Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear."

"There is only one thing that arouses animals more than pleasure, and that is pain. Under torture you are as if under the dominion of those grasses that produce visions. Everything you have heard told, everything you have read returns to your mind, as if you were being transported, not toward heaven, but toward hell. Under torture you say not only what the inquisitor wants, but also what you imagine might please him, because a bond (this, truly, diabolical) is established between you and him."

"The postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the past, since it cannot really be destroyed, because its destruction leads to silence, must be revisited: but with irony, not innocently. I think of the postmodern attitude as that of a man who loves a very cultivated woman and knows he cannot say to her, ''I love you madly,'' because he knows that she knows (and that she knows that he knows) that these words have already been written by Barbara Cartland. Still, there is a solution. He can say, ''As Barbara Cartland would put it, I love you madly.''"

"The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it."

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‘These are magic books’: bringing imaginary works of literature to life

The Guardian 11 Dec 2024

On Comedy, the influential treatise on theater thought to have burned at a Benedictine Abbey in 1327 (at least, according to Umberto Eco’s 1980 novel The Name of the Rose) ... The one commonality? None of them exist ... ....

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32 Movies About Religion That Aren't A Complete Slog

Cinema Blend 01 Dec 2024

Let's be honest, sometimes movies about religion can be a brutal watch ... (Image credit ... In The Name Of The Rose, based on a book of the same name by Umberto Eco, is as much a murder mystery as it is a religious commentary ... (Image credit ... (Image credit ... .

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Top 10 ‘Books of the Year’ unveiled

Shenzhen Daily 20 Nov 2024

Umberto Eco (Italy), translated by Wen Zheng ... The book is a collection of lectures Umberto Eco delivered at the Milan Arts Festival from 2001 to 2015. The collection is regarded as Eco’s literary legacy of the new millennium.

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Netanyahu and Trump: The fascist tag team from hell

The New Arab 13 Nov 2024

Indeed, Netanyahu’s investment paid off ... Beyond similarities in their backgrounds, personalities and motivations, Trump and Netanyahu exemplify figureheads of what Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco described as “Ur-fascism.’ ... Follow him on X.

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Historic Sicilian saga reveals Mafia’s clandestine beginnings

San Francisco Chronicle 12 Nov 2024

First published in serial form between 1909 and 1910 under the title "The Beati Paoli," the two volume 1971 Italian edition featured an introduction by Umberto Eco.

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Biden wants Americans to "bring down the temperature" — but MAGA will not let that happen

Yahoo Daily News 12 Nov 2024

Even prominent Trump supporters were making these "unity" and "peace" noises in the aftermath ... "He’s got to unite people ... My favorite text regarding fascism is Umberto Eco's 1995 essay ... As Eco noted, it's a central paradox of fascism ... View comments ....

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Belarusian Prankster Dupes Russian Teachers Into Wearing Tinfoil Hats To Ward Off 'Foreign Enemies'

Radio Free Europe 11 Nov 2024

On Telegram, he said his latest prank was the continuation of “measuring the level of fascistization of Russian society” based on Italian historian Umberto Eco’s renowned essay, Ur-Fascism. SEE ALSO ... ....

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Umberto Eco's chilling warning: 14 signs of fascism

Boing Boing 08 Nov 2024

Umberto Eco's 1995 essay "Ur-Fascism" outlines 14 common features ... The post Umberto Eco's chilling warning.

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Donald Trump’s re-election is disastrous for free speech

X Index 06 Nov 2024

Despite what he claims, Trump is no poster boy for free speech ... His record on this is worrying ... David E ... In Umberto Eco’s essay Censorship and Silence, the Italian twentieth century scholar argued that too much information was an intentional tactic ... ....

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Gliff by Ali Smith review – reading the signs of crisis

The Observer 03 Nov 2024

Ali Smith has never been afraid to take cleverness seriously ... Not many novelists could have pulled that off ... The Name of the Rose, by trained semiotician Umberto Eco, may have been formidably erudite, but it was also titanically inconsequential ... Share ... .

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Opinion: In his fascist outfit, Trump frightens millions

Lawrence Journal World 01 Nov 2024

Umberto Eco, the Italian philosopher and novelist born in 1932, actually won a prize at age 10 for his essay on “Should we die for the glory of Mussolini and the immortal destiny of ...

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Why Al Pacino’s ‘Sonny Boy’ is a story you have to hear

Orange County Register 01 Nov 2024

There’s a voice whispering in my ear, telling me a story ... Search “Eric Idle” on their website and you can see or purchase formerly Idle-owned books by or about people such as Paul McCartney, John le Carré, Martin Amis, Umberto Eco or Naomi Campbell ... 2.

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Trump’s closing argument: full-throated fascism

Alternet 21 Oct 2024

They’re evil ... They’ve done things that nobody thought was even possible.” ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... *These five elements appear in the works of cultural theorist Umberto Eco, historians Emilio Gentile and Ian Kershaw, political scientist Roger Griffin, and former U.S.

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Kafka’s Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Talented from Manifesting Their Talent

Brainpickings 20 Oct 2024

Franz Kafka. “I won’t give up the diary again ... “Wrote nothing,” he laments in entry after entry ... Begin tomorrow ... Art from The Three Astronauts — Umberto Eco’s vintage semiotic children’s book about world peace 3 ... .

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Review: At Home in Two Worlds by Maria Aurora Couto

Hindustan Times 21 Sep 2024

Essays on Goa, from playwright Girish Karnad, a life-long friend whose passing she mourned deeply, to Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, Turkish novelist and Nobel Prize recipient Orhan Pamuk and Italian philosopher Umberto Eco ... She lives in London.

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Latest News for: Umberto eco

‘These are magic books’: bringing imaginary works of literature to life

32 Movies About Religion That Aren't A Complete Slog

Top 10 ‘Books of the Year’ unveiled

Netanyahu and Trump: The fascist tag team from hell

Historic Sicilian saga reveals Mafia’s clandestine beginnings

Biden wants Americans to "bring down the temperature" — but MAGA will not let that happen

Belarusian Prankster Dupes Russian Teachers Into Wearing Tinfoil Hats To Ward Off 'Foreign Enemies'

Umberto Eco's chilling warning: 14 signs of fascism

Donald Trump’s re-election is disastrous for free speech

Gliff by Ali Smith review – reading the signs of crisis

Opinion: In his fascist outfit, Trump frightens millions

Why Al Pacino’s ‘Sonny Boy’ is a story you have to hear

Trump’s closing argument: full-throated fascism

Kafka’s Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Talented from Manifesting Their Talent

Review: At Home in Two Worlds by Maria Aurora Couto

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