Serendipities: language and lunacy
Auteur :
Eco, Umberto
Éditeur :
Eco, Umberto
ISBN :
9780231111348
Date de publication :
12 oct. 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 14,0 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
317 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, Eco shows us how serendipities----unanticipated truths----often spring from mistaken ideas. Eco uncovers layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, such as Columbus's assumption that the world was much smaller than it is, leading him to seek out a quick route to the East via the West and thus fortuitously ""discovering"" America.