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“Of the relative importance of truths” (Publication, 1843)

Year

1843

Text

Ruskin, John. Of the relative importance of truths. In : Of general principles, and Of truth. In : Modern painters. Vol. 1. (London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 1843). (Library of English literature ; LEL 23621-23). [Enthält eine Eintragung über China].
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29907/29907-h/29907-h.htm. (Rus2)

Type

Publication

Contributors (1)

Ruskin, John  (London 1819-1900 Brantwood, Lancashire) : Schriftsteller, Maler, Kunsthistoriker, Sozialphilosoph

Subjects

Literature : Occident : Great Britain : Prose

Chronology Entries (1)

# Year Text Linked Data
1 1843 Ruskin, John. Of the relative importance of truths [ID D27796].
"If I say that such and such a man in China is an opium eater, I say nothing very interesting, because my subject (such a man) is particular. If I say that all men in China are opium eaters, I say nothing interesting, because my subject (all men) is general. If I say that all men in China eat, I say nothing interesting because my predicate (eat) is general. If I say that all men in China eat opium, I say something interesting, because my predicate (eat opium) is particular."