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If western culture is shown to be rich it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to dissolve harmful simplifications through inquiry and the critical mind.
Umberto Eco
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Umberto Eco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
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Authors frequently say things they are unaware of only after they have gotten the reactions of their readers do they discover what they have said
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I have lost the freedom of not having an opinion.
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