Umberto Eco Quote
But is the unicorn a falsehood? It's the sweetest of animals and a noble symbol. It stands for Christ and for chastity; it can be captured only by setting a virgin in the forest, so that the animal, catching her most chaste odor, will go and lay its head in her lap, offering itself as prey to the hunters' snares.So it is said, Adso. But many tend to believe that it's a fable, an invention of the pagans.What a disappointment, I said. I would have liked to encounter one, crossing a wood. Otherwise what's the pleasure of crossing a wood?
Umberto Eco
But is the unicorn a falsehood? It's the sweetest of animals and a noble symbol. It stands for Christ and for chastity; it can be captured only by setting a virgin in the forest, so that the animal, catching her most chaste odor, will go and lay its head in her lap, offering itself as prey to the hunters' snares.So it is said, Adso. But many tend to believe that it's a fable, an invention of the pagans.What a disappointment, I said. I would have liked to encounter one, crossing a wood. Otherwise what's the pleasure of crossing a wood?
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