The Lamp of Memory
Reeks: Penguin Great Ideas
John Ruskin
- John
- Ruskin
- overturned
- Victorian
- society’s
- ideas
- about
- art
- and
- architecture,
- arguing
- that
- ancient
- buildings
- must
- be
- conserved
- for
- their
- deep,
- mystical
- links
- with
- the
- past
- and
- that
- creative
- design
- is
- essential
- –
- not
- for
- financial
- gain,
- but
- to
- communicate
- eternal
- human
- truths.Throughout
- history,
- some
- books
- have
- changed
- the
- world.
- They
- have
- transformed
- the
- way
- we
- see
- ourselves
- –
- and
- each
- other.
- They
- have
- inspired
- debate,
- dissent,
- war
- and
- revolution.
- They
- have
- enlightened,
- outraged,
- provoked
- and
- comforted.
- They
- have
- enriched
- lives
- –
- and
- destroyed
- them.
- Now
- Penguin
- brings
- you
- the
- works
- of
- the
- great
- thinkers,
- pioneers,
- radicals
- and
- visionaries
- whose
- ideas
- shook
- civilization
- and
- helped
- make
- us
- who
- we are.
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