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Academic Fiction at it’s Best but also Worst

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

February 10, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

It’s probably been 15 years since I’ve read anything substantial by Umberto Eco. I’m pretty sure I was maybe a sophomore or junior in college the first time I read The Name of the Rose. Now, I find myself in the position of needing to reread it for a work-related event. In the intervening decade and a half, I’ve gotten a lot better at Latin, and I’ve also been exposed to a lot more primary source material concerning theology, philosophy, science, literature, and history of the […]

Filed Under: History, Mystery, Religion Tagged With: manuscripts, medieval history, mystery, plato, semiotics, Sherlock Holmes, The Name of the Rose, theology, umberto eco

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:7 · Genres: History, Mystery, Religion · Tags: manuscripts, medieval history, mystery, plato, semiotics, Sherlock Holmes, The Name of the Rose, theology, umberto eco ·
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True learning must not be content with ideas, which are, in fact, signs, but must discover things in their individual truth.

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

January 6, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

 (Italian Cover: http://www.formatbiz.it/post.php?id=3937) For the right audience, this may be the perfect book. It’s a book that has been floating around in my consciousness for a long time, but I’ve generally avoided, and I have to imagine that that avoidance has served me well here because I really enjoyed it and appreciated it in a lot of ways. There’s also a younger version of me for more than one reason that would have not liked it, would not have had the patience or energy for it, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: The Name of the Rose, umberto eco

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: The Name of the Rose, umberto eco ·
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