On the Shoulders of Giants - Eco, Umberto
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On the Shoulders of Giants collects previously unpublished essays from the last 15 years of Eco's life.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.

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On the Shoulders of Giants collects previously unpublished essays from the last 15 years of Eco's life.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.
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Autorenporträt
Umberto Eco (1932-2016) was an internationally acclaimed writer, philosopher, medievalist, and professor, and the author of the best-selling novels Foucault's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose, and The Prague Cemetery, as well as children's books. His numerous nonfiction books include Confessions of a Young Novelist, Six Walks in the Fictional Woods, and The Open Work (all from Harvard). He was a recipient of the Premio Strega, Italy's highest literary prize; the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities; and a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur from the government of France.
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Unlike many academics, he [Eco] had the ability to write in an accessible and engaging style... This book consists of 12 essays... Reading them is exhilarating... Almost every page of this entrancing book invites questions and provokes reflections Allan Massie Scotsman