Every Saturday, Vol. 2: A Journal of Choice Reading; July to October, 1874

A Journal Of Choice Reading; July To October, 1874

ISBN 10: 1527657353 / ISBN 13: 9781527657359

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2024

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Print on Demand. This book presents an in-depth analysis of the interplay between technological advancements and societal values. The author argues that societal changes have led to a decline in artistic expression and moral sensibility. The author traces this decline to the Industrial Revolution, which, while increasing material wealth, has eroded the conditions necessary for producing great art and fostering moral values. The author argues that the relentless pursuit of profit and technological progress has led to a debasement of our aesthetic sensibilities and a fragmentation of our social fabric. The author calls for a reorientation of our values, prioritizing human connection, creativity, and the preservation of natural beauty. The book concludes by examining the ethical implications of modern technology, urging readers to consider the potential consequences of unbridled technological advancement. The author's insights offer a timely and thought-provoking exploration of the relationship between technology, art, and morality in the contemporary world. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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• Titolo: Every Saturday, Vol. 2: A Journal of Choice Reading; July to October, 1874
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1527657353
• ISBN 13: 9781527657359
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: print-on-demand item
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Excerpt from Every Saturday, Vol. 2: A Journal of Choice Reading; July to October, 1874

Mandeville's sophistry reappears in Protean shapes to the present day. People still maintain in substance that a man supports the poor as well as pleases himself by spendi in money on his own personal enjoyment. In this form, in eed, Mr. Ruskin accepts the sound doctrine but when clothed in the technical language of economists. It seems to act upon him like the proverbial red rag. He is always flying at it and denouncing the palpable blunders of men whose reputation for logical clearness is certainly as good as his own. His indignation seems to blind him, and is the source of a series of questionable statements, which I can not here attempt to unravel. His attack upon the econo mists is thus diverted into an unfortunate direction. Political economy is, or ought to be, an accurate descrip tion of the actual phenomena of the industrial organization of society. It assumes that. As a matter of fact, the great moving force is competition; and traces amongst men the various consequences of that struggle for existence of which Mr. Darwin has described certain results amongst animals. The complex machinery of trade has been developed out of the savage simplicity by internal pressure, much as species on the Darwinian hypothesis have been developed out of more homogeneous races. Now, it is perfectly Open for anybody to say that the conditions thus produced are unfavorable to morality at the present day, and that we should look forward to organizing society on different rin ciples. If Mr. Ruskin had said so much, he would ave found allies instead of enemies amongst the best political economists. Mr. Mill agrees, for instance, with Comte, and therefore with Mr. Ruskin, that in a erfectly satisfac tory social state capitalists would cousi er themselves as trustees for public benefit of the wealth at their dis osal. They would be captains in an industrial army, and e no more governed by the desire of profit than a general by a desire for prize-money. To bring about such a state of things requires a cultivation of the altruistic impulses, which must be the work of many generations to come.

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