Bibliograph

On the shoulders of giants, Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen

Type

Label

On the shoulders of giants, Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

On the shoulders of giants

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1089967696

Responsibility statement

Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen

Summary

"On the Shoulders of Giants collects previously unpublished essays from the last fifteen years of Umberto Eco's life. With humor and erudition, one of the great contemporary thinkers takes on the roots of Western culture, the origin of language, the nature of beauty and ugliness, the imperfections of art, and the lure of mysteries"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

On the shoulders of giants -- Beauty -- Ugliness -- The absolute and the relative -- Beautiful flame -- The invisible -- Paradoxes and aphorisms -- Untruths, lies, falsifications -- On some forms of imperfection in art -- Some revelations on secrecy -- Conspiracy -- Representations of the sacred

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