Download or read book From the Tree to the Labyrinth written by Umberto Eco and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we create and organize knowledge is the theme of this major achievement by Umberto Eco. Demonstrating once again his inimitable ability to bridge ancient, medieval, and modern modes of thought, he offers here a brilliant illustration of his longstanding argument that problems of interpretation can be solved only in historical context.