“Language does not construct being ex novo: it questions it, in some way always finding something already given (even though being already given does not mean being already finished and completed). Even if being were moth-eaten, there would always be a fabric whose warp and web, confused by the infinite holes that have eaten into it, still subsist in some stubborn way.”
Quote by Umberto Eco
Work
Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition
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Umberto Eco
Italian essayist, scholar, and critic. Umberto Eco is renowned for his unique literary style and profound academic background. His works integrate history, philosophy, literature, and semiotics, with his most famous novel being 'The Name of the Rose'. more
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