Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do. - Umberto Eco

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Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.

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About Umberto Eco

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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