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Roberto Calasso proves to be unparalleled when it comes to informative and engaging writing. I have had "Les Fleur de Mal" on my to-read shelf for a couple years now, and came across this one totally by accident, not even realizing, when I bought it, that it was about the auhor of the same poetry co...
Umberto Eco, Five Moral Pieces (New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2001), translated by Alastair McEwen. Pp. 111. Hardcover $23.00. I had never read anything by Umberto Eco, and I knew that he is a leading thinker of our time. This was the book I picked up to read to acquaint myself with his philosophy and...
This came in the mail today, and thus I had it tucked in my bag when I went to pick up lunch. It may be better than Silk. The first chapter describes a painter painting an invisible picture of the sea using sea water. Because he's trying to capture the beauty that can't be seen. Baricco's lyrical pr...
What has Kant to do with the platypus? Nothing. As we shall see from the dates, he couldn't have had anything to do with it.
Although I don't quite agree with some material with which he predicates his arguments (mostly picky historical bits that I have a tendency to give excessive importance or centrality), I like what Eco wants to do (namely, reflect on 'what it means to be moral or ethical when one doesn't believe in G...
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