Then why do you want to know?""Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.
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About Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco was a 20th-century Italian semiotician, philosopher and writer. Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on similar themes. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Knowledge — The pursuit of learning, understanding, and intellectual growth