Umberto Eco on Allusion, Spirit and the Heart

„Never affirm, always allude: allusions are made to test the spirit and probe the heart.“

Umberto EcoUmberto Eco on the power of allusion: a quote about spirit, heart and insight through what remains unsaid.
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Umberto Eco was an Italian writer, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor.

Umberto Eco presents allusion as an intellectual and emotional test that leads to insight through what remains unsaid.


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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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"Controversy never convinced any man; men can be influenced by making them think for themselves, by seeming to doubt with them, by leading them as if by the hand, without their perceiving it. A good book lent to them, which they read at leisure, produces upon them surer effects, because they do not then blush to be subjugated by the superior reason of an antagonist." Voltaire
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