Whoever reflects on four things I would be better if he wer… - Umberto Eco

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Whoever reflects on four things I would be better if he were never born: that which is above, that which is below, that which is before, that which is after.

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Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian philosopher, semiotician, essayist, literary critic, and novelist, most famous for his novel The Name of the Rose (1980), an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory.

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Pen Names: Dedalus

Alternative Names: Umberto Ecco • Umberto Eccounstino • Humberto Eco • Umberto Eko • Oumperto Eko • Eco Umberto • U. Eco

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