But the meaning of identity is now based on hatred, on hatr… - Umberto Eco

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But the meaning of identity is now based on hatred, on hatred for those who are not the same. Hatred has to be cultivated as a civic passion. The enemy is the friend of the people. You always want someone to hate in order to feel justified in your own misery.

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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Pen Names: Dedalus

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

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