WIST Quotations

Eco, Umberto -- “Ur-Fascism,” New York Review of Books (22 Jun 1995)

Dave — Fri, 21 May 2021 23:19:48 +0000

To people who feel deprived of a clear social identity, Ur-Fascism says that their only privilege is the most common one, to be born in the same country. This is the origin of nationalism.

Umberto Eco (1932-2016) Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, novelist
“Ur-Fascism,” New York Review of Books (22 Jun 1995)
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Mirrored: Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco in New York Review of Books : TheMajorityReport

Eco, Umberto -- Foucault’s Pendulum, ch. 87 (1988) [tr. W. Weaver (1989)]

Dave — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 06:33:37 +0000

I believe that you can reach the point where there is no longer any difference between developing the habit of pretending to believe and developing the habit of believing.

Umberto Eco (1932-2016) Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, novelist
Foucault’s Pendulum, ch. 87 (1988) [tr. W. Weaver (1989)]
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See also Hawthorne.

Eco, Umberto -- The Name of the Rose (1980)

Dave — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:33:00 +0000

They lied to you. The Devil is not the Prince of Matter; the Devil is the arrogance of the spirit, faith without smile, truth that is never seized by doubt. The Devil is grim because he knows where he is going, and, in moving, he always returns whence he came.

Umberto Eco (1932-2016) Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, novelist
The Name of the Rose (1980)