Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

Died: February 19, 2016, Milan, Italy Website Facebook X/Twitter

Umberto Eco OMRI was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor.

6 posts

La Vita Semplice

by Diogenes and others in Figures of Speech

Well, here at planksip, we don’t just believe - we know that just “going through the motions” in such a manner is far from the only way life is to be conducted. This way of living, in fact, only really stems from none other than the archnemesis of all progress and evolution: fear.

"What Kind of Boot?" asked the Buddha

by George Orwell and others in Figures of Speech

I am evoking a heuristic and stereotype of sorts, one where the Buddha presses for clarification on seemingly irrelevant details. The wisdom of the boot in a violent display of aggression shouldn't matter much, or should it? Should the Buddha get the boot?

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