If western culture is shown to be rich, it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to 'dissolve' harmful simplifications through inquiry and the critical mind.
From Umberto Eco
The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.
When the poet is in love, he is incapable of writing poetry on love. He has to write when he remembers that he was in love.
A secret is powerful when it is empty.
Libraries can take the place of God.
The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers.
Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.
When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.
The United States needed a civil war to unite properly.
When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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