Volney before the ruins of Palmyra: what happens and does not happen with time
Abstract This article shows how the impact of the contemplation of the ruins of Palmyra leads Volney to project the exhumation of the meaning of ruins in general.The ruins then become living beings full of teachings.These include, first, those relating to equality (and freedom and justice); and also, the divinity of its author, that is, man as the