Modern Painters

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To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

John Ruskin

Modern Painters

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Topic

Knowledge Ignorance Epistemology

Author

John Ruskin

Source

Modern Painters

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Ruskin, John. Modern Painters. Vol. 3, London: Smith, Elder & Company, 1856, pt. 4, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Ruskin, John. Modern Painters 4. The Works of John Ruskin, edited by Edward Tyas Cook and Alexander Wedderburn. Vol. 6, Cambridge University Press, 2010, pt. 4, ch. 3.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

John Ruskin

Modern Painters

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Topic

Lying

Author

John Ruskin

Source

Modern Painters

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Ruskin, John. Modern Painters. Vol. 5, London: Smith, Elder & Company, 1860, pt. 9, ch. 7, sect. 14.

Current Citation

Ruskin, John. Modern Painters 5. The Works of John Ruskin, edited by Edward Tyas Cook and Alexander Wedderburn. Vol. 7, Cambridge University Press, 2010, pt. 9, ch. 7, sect. 14.