I decided to leave this as a post too because he was an important figure in my life and still is. Six years I wrote this in another fb account when Umberto Eco passed away. “There was never a story in my childhood that aroused a greater love for intellectual rationality, academic mysticism and passion for detectives than "The Name of the Rose". That is why I consider his mind the most delightful culprit in my subsequent fascination with Poirot, Sherlock Homes, Robert Langdon, and Miss Fisher; my adoration for history and philosophy; and this constant need in my soul to find and be snatched away by the unknown of a great mystery that takes me on an adventure, that makes me feel truly alive. Already as an adult, a couple of years ago, his esoteric skepticism was more initiatory than discouraging to me, and thanks to "Foucault's pendulum" I went to see the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris where I found almost by chance the laboratory of another of my heroes, Lavoisier. Umberto Eco was an enigmatic genius at the level of Da Vinci, Tesla or Newton, few people have heightened my ability to think and question as him. So for me, William of Ockahm can never be referentially in my memory as the one who proposed that “the theory that multiplies fewer entities is always the correct" (Ockham's razor) but rather the lucky historical figure who inspired this captivating writer, semiologist and philosopher to give us his intriguing William of Baskerville. Goodbye Umberto, I can't help but feel like the world has missed out on a lot of mysteries with your departure.” I still feel the world is missing mysteries without him. Also, in the preface of “The name of the rose” he states that one of the breakthrough he had to write this story was found in a bookshop located in Corrientes street in Buenos Aires ❤️ #umbertoeco #writer #esoteric #mystery #detective #magic #magick #academy #esoterism #witch #wicca #literature #semiology https://www.instagram.com/p/CaPAEY-rCfE/?utm_medium=tumblr
