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Jaden 2022-03-20 09:01:46
Movies are better than books
I read first and then watch CDs. Watching this movie, I thought it was a very ordinary director. I can't believe the director was nominated for an Oscar!
It cannot be said that the director's respect and enthusiasm for the original work will lead to the decision to make a good movie. After reading... -
Kelli 2022-03-25 09:01:09
Eco's self-report on the creation of the novel "The Name of the Rose"
An author who names his work "The Name of the Rose" should accurately face the multiple interpretations of the subject. As an empirical writer, I think I chose this title entirely to give the reader freedom of interpretation: "The image of the rose is so rich in meaning that it has no meaning now:...
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William of Baskerville: [after finding the secret room of books in the tower] How many more rooms? Ah! How many more books? No one should be forbidden to consult these books freely.
Adso of Melk: Perhaps they are thought to be too precious, too fragile.
William of Baskerville: No, it's not that, Adso. It's because they often contain a wisdom that is different from ours and ideas that could encourage us to doubt the infallability of the word of God... And doubt, Adso, is the enemy of faith.
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William of Baskerville: My venerable brother, there are many books that speak of comedy. Why does this one fill you with such fear?
Jorge de Burgos: Because it's by Aristotle.
William of Baskerville: [Chasing after Jorge who runs with the Second Book of Poetics by Aristotle intending to destroy it] But what is so alarming about laughter?
Jorge de Burgos: Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith because without fear of the Devil, there is no more need of God.
William of Baskerville: But you will not eliminate laughter by eliminating that book.
Jorge de Burgos: No, to be sure, laughter will remain the common man's recreation. But what will happen if, because of this book, learned men were to pronounce it admissable to laugh at everything? Can we laugh at God? The world would relapse into chaos! Therefore, I seal that which was not to be said.
[he eats the poisoned pages of the book]
Jorge de Burgos: In the tomb I become.
[he tosses the book at the candle, which ignites a fire that destroys all the books in the abbey tower]
