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I just procured myself "Foucault' Pendulum" and "The Prague Cemetery" from Umberto Eco. I read from him "The Name of the Rose" and it was pretty good. Toughts on those books and this Author.

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so Chaucer definitely doesn't want his work to be read only by the intelligentsia, incorporated Greek mythic elements because of how Hellenic philosophical traditions and cultural influences is intertwined with Christianity, and justifies the inclusion of pagans in a story for Christians by adding in half hearted disclaimers

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