How beautiful was the spectacle of nature not yet touched b… - Umberto Eco

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How beautiful was the spectacle of nature not yet touched by
the often perverse wisdom of man!

Umberto Eco

The Name of the Rose · September 28, 1994 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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With Germans, as with women, you never get to the point.

I wrote a novel because I had a yen to do it. I believe this is sufficient reason to set out to tell a story.

El alma humana es la verdadera cópula del mundo porque, por un lado, se dirige hacia lo divino y, por el otro, se introduce en el cuerpo y domina la naturaleza.

How beautiful was the spectacle of nature not yet touched by the often perverse wisdom of man! - Umberto Eco

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