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Description
Serendipities is a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, a brilliant exposition of how unanticipated truths often spring from false ideas. From Leibniz's belief that the I Ching illustrated the principles of calculus to Marco Polo's mistaking a rhinoceros for a unicorn, Umberto Eco... read more
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“Perhaps on his way to Paradise, Dante met, even if indirectly, Abulafia. I hope both men reached the same destination, where they are now talking to each other, making fun of our desperate efforts to ascertain if they had something in common. If by chance Adam has joined the party, God only knows what kind of language those three characters are speaking together.”
First Sentence
In the Quaestio quodlibetalis XII, 14, Saint Thomas declares "utrum veritas sit fortior inter vinum et regem et mulierem," raising, that is, the question of which is more powerful, more convincing, more constrictive: the power of the king, the influence of wine, the charms of woman, or the strength of truth.
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- Umberto Eco (Author)
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