The belief that time is a linear, directed sequence running… - Umberto Eco

" "
The belief that time is a linear, directed sequence running from A to B is a modern illusion. In fact, it can also go from B to A, the effect producing the cause.

Umberto Eco

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

history time

English

Collect this quote

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.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

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

All quotes from Umberto Eco Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Umberto Eco:

Jorge Luis Borges Ursula K. Le Guin Friedrich Nietzsche Samuel R. Delany Salman Rushdie

Additional quotes by Umberto Eco

Daytime sleep is like the sin of the flesh; the more you have the more you want, and yet you feel unhappy, sated and unsated at the same time.

The book is like the wheel - once invented, it cannot be bettered.

"Poor boy," the libertine then said, "he builds machines to count the infinite, and we have terrified him with the eternal silence of too many infinities. Voila, the end of a fine vocation."

The belief that time is a linear, directed sequence running from A to B is a modern illusion. In fact, it can also go from B to A, the effect produci… - Umberto Eco

About Umberto Eco

Also Known As

Enhance Your Quote Experience

Additional quotes by Umberto Eco

Limited Time Offer