I have come to believe that the wholeworld is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlyingtruth.
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This quote is just one of 8 total Umberto Eco quotes in our collection. Umberto Eco is known for saying 'I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.' as well as some of the following quotes.
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third thing that connects them, that's credulity.
This quote is just one of 8 total Umberto Eco quotes in our collection. Umberto Eco is known for saying 'I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.' as well as some of the following quotes.