Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in…

Umberto Eco
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Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned. ✨ Umberto Eco (2012). Inventing the Enemy and Other Occasional Writings, p.219, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned. ✨ Umberto Eco (2012). Inventing the Enemy and Other Occasional Writings, p.219, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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