The Infinity of Lists by Umberto Eco
The Infinity of Lists

Umberto Eco

The Infinity of Lists

Umberto Eco with Alastair McEwen

408 pages hardcover 2009

6 editions

nonfiction art history philosophy mysterious slow-paced
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In the history of Western culture we find lists of saints, ranks of soldiers, catalogues of grotesque creatures or medicinal plants, and hordes of treasure. This infinity of lists is no coincidence: a culture prefers enclosed, stable forms when it...

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