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De Bibliotheca/On Library – Umberto Eco

On September 4, 2019September 8, 2019 By bookskepticIn Reviews4 Comments

It is a lecture that Eco has given in Milan in 1981 and as can be reasonably expected it is about the libraries. Eco starts with a quote from Jorge Luis Borges The Library of Babel to set the tone. Reminding us of the concept of the library as a universe. The universe of all knowledge. …

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