Eco: Name of the Rose 1
Umberto Eco. The Name of the Rose.Whence it is clear that in Paris, too, there was a confusion of ideas or someone who wished to confuse them for his own purposes. And this is the evil
that heresy inflicts on the Christian people, obfuscating ideas and inciting all
to become inquisitors to their personal benefit. For what I saw at the abbey
then (and will now recount) caused me to think that often inquisitors repress
the heretical putrefaction so vehemently that many are driven to share in it, in
their hatred for the judges. Truly, a circle conceived by the Devil. God
preserve us. (50)
posted by T.C. Truffin at 6/18/2005 10:31:00 AM
3 Comments:
I just finished Eco's FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM. Why is everything he writes so long. I would hate to edit anything he writes. It is difficult to pick out anything not worthy.
I've tried 5 times to read Fourcault's Pendulum, and I've never gotten very far.
There are a few interesting parts. It is good to read with DaVinchies Code. Eco points out that all conspirac theories are based on common human characteristics that indicate nothing. He also points out that believers care nothing about truth. Truth only supports their theories.
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