A philosopher knows that in reality he knows very little. That is why he constantly strives to achieve true insight. Socrates was one of these rare people. He knew that he knew nothing about life and about the world. And now comes the important part: it troubled him that he knew so lit...
which was made into a movie in 1986. Eco was also the author of several other novels, essays, and works of literary criticism. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Umberto Eco on books, beauty, philosophical.
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nor abhor a revolutionary impulse. After all in the paragraph I have quoted, he quotes Du Bois, who eventually, late in life, joined the communist party because “Capitalism cannot reform itself; it is doomed to self-destruction. No universal selfishness...
A reference web whose aim is to stimulate reflection on various aspects of modern life. Offers short essays on social and philosophical subjects. Includes a reference library and 'Bon Mot' selection of quotes. Edited by Tim Ruggiero.
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The “Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South” did leave this reader with the impression of a having a strong perception of their goal, while leaving the means of reaching these goals to a few general statements. Yet if we understand that we, the eight ...
See quotes below where he says that he cannot treat the Modal Closure issue in this way. Lewis notes that this result also follows in any normal modal logic in footnote 21 of (Lewis 1996). There are psychological facts about compartmentalization that need to be explored before we can be ...
82). Actually, spiritual exercises in Hadot’s sense correspond to a transformation of our personality and our perception of the world by the individual’s raising himself up to the life of the objective Spirit and re-placing himself within the perspective of the Whole (Hadot 1995, p. 82),...
In a final point, Rosa contends that “Kierkegaard’s diagnosis fully corresponds to Friedrich Nietzsche’s view that the cultural death of God has ushered in a post-heroic, passionless age which sees the world as “a gateway to a thousand deserts, still and cold”, and then quotes from ...