The Problem of Induction

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose. Trans. William Weaver. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 1984. 207.
“An acute reply, Adso. In fact, I have worked out this proposition: equal thinkness corresponds necessarily to equal power of vision. I have posited it because on other occaisions I have had individual insights of the same type. To be sure, [...]

At Home

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose. Trans. William Weaver. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 1984. 155.
“Then we are living in a place abandoned by God,” I said, disheartened.
“Have you found any placed where God would have felt at home?” William asked me, looking down from his great height.
Then he sent me to rest. As I lay [...]

God Will Recognize His Own

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose. Trans. William Weaver. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 1984. 153.
“You see? You yourself can no longer distinguish between one heretic and another. I at least have one rule. I know that heretics are those who endanger the order that sustains the people of God. And I defend the empire because [...]

Torture Lulz?

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose. Trans. William Weaver. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 1984. 59-60.
“What does it matter? The Devil is stubborn, he follows a pattern in his snares and his seductions, he repeats his rituals at a distance of millennia, he is always the same, this is precisely why he is recognized as the [...]

Accept the Gift

Sullivan, Randall. The Miracle Detective. New York: Grove Press, 2004. 434-435.
He sighed. “Look, I’m not anti-Medjugorje. Far from it. I believe God has used Medjugorje. I believe Medjugorje is part of the providential plan. But I also believe it would be a great mistake for you to hang your faith only on Medjugorje, or even [...]