INTERVIEWER Do you believe in God? ECO Why does one love… - Umberto Eco

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INTERVIEWER

Do you believe in God?

ECO

Why does one love a certain person one day and discover the next day that the love is gone? Feelings, alas, disappear without justification, and often without a trace.

INTERVIEWER

If you don’t believe in God, then why have you written at such great length about religion?

ECO

Because I do believe in religion. Human beings are religious animals, and such a characteristic feature of human behavior cannot be ignored or dismissed.

Umberto Eco

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

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