“Adult Life and Childhood” – Quote by Umberto Eco

„I consider always the adult life to be the continuous retrieval of childhood.“

Umberto EcoUmberto Eco reflects on adult life as a continuous return to childhood and its formative experiences.
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Umberto Eco was an Italian writer, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor.

Umberto Eco describes adult life as a lasting connection to childhood and its formative experiences.


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Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was a renowned Italian writer, philosopher, semiotician, and professor of semiotics. He is best known for his novel "The Name of the Rose" and his work on cultural and media theory.

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"Childhood is analogous to language learning. It has a biological basis but cannot be realized unless a social environment triggers and nurtures it, that is, has need of it. If a culture is dominated by a medium that requires the segregation of the young in order that they learn unnatural, specialized, and complex skills and attitudes, then childhood, in one form or another, will emerge, articulate and indispensable." Neil Postman
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