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20
“: The list is the origin of culture. It’s part of the history of art and literature. What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible. It also wants to create order — not always, but often. And how, as a human being, does one face infinity? How does one attempt to grasp the incomprehensible? Through lists, through catalogs, through collections in museums and through encyclopedias and dictionaries.”
SPIEGEL Interview with Umberto Eco: ‘We Like Lists Because We Don’t Want to Die’ - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
