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Umberto Eco Died aged 84

Started by drunkenshoe, February 20, 2016, 08:14:42 AM

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February 20, 2016, 08:14:42 AM Last Edit: February 20, 2016, 08:27:15 AM by drunkenshoe
RIP. Another one that will leave a big hole.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/20/italian-author-umberto-eco-dies-aged-84


What a year.
"his philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -the cynics, the stoics and the epicureans-and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'you can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink.'" terry pratchett

Baruch

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February 20, 2016, 08:20:41 AM
Name Of The Rose was a movie based on his book.  It was a great movie ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-yYJgpQ-CE

The lost book on comedy, by Aristotle ... is deadly.
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.
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