Saturday, December 03, 2005

Umberto Eco Is Always Worth A Read


G K Chesterton is often credited with observing: "When a man ceases to believe in God, he doesn't believe in nothing. He believes in anything." Whoever said it - he was right. We are supposed to live in a sceptical age. In fact, we live in an age of outrageous credulity.

Read the whole shebang.
http://www.arts.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=WIFVKH3A4A0YHQFIQMFCFFWAVCBQYIV0?xml=/opinion/2005/11/27/do2701.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/11/27/ixportal.html

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Even Island of the Day Before? I seem to rememeber both of us struggling to finish it.

Unknown said...

Did you finish his most recent? Is it worth it?