The
good of a book lies in being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of
other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them,
a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
Umberto Eco (1932 - )
Italian writer
and literary scholar.
The Name of the Rose (William Weaver (tr.))
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