There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for which the past must be preserved and celebrated in full-scale authentic copy; a philosophy of immortality as duplication. It dominates the relation with the self, with the past, not infrequently with the present, always with History and even with the European tradition. - Umberto Eco

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Umberto Eco: "There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for which the past must be preserved and celebrated in full-scale authentic copy; a philosophy of immortality as duplication. It dominates the relation with the self, with the past, not infrequently with the present, always with History and even with the European tradition."

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American	Authentic	Average	Celebrated
Constant	Copy	Dominates	Duplication
European	Even	Fullscale	History
Imagination	Immortality	Infrequently	Must
Past	Philosophy	Present	Preserved
Relation	Self	Taste	Tradition

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