Thomas Carlyle Quotes
How, without clothes, could we possess the master organ, soul's seat and true pineal gland of the body social--I mean a purse?
Topics
Clothes
Financial Independence, Fiscal Independence, Economic Independence
Financial Power
Mean
Money Management
Social Fabric
Soul
Material Wealth
Clothing Symbolism
Financial Empowerment
Financial Responsibility
Personal Finance
Social Identity
Social Status
Wealth Accumulation
material possession
Body Metaphor
Social Body
Citations
Carlyle, Thomas. Sartor Resartus. Saunders and Otley, 1838, p. 64.
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Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish historian, satirical writer, essayist, translator, philosopher, mathematician, and teacher. In his book On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History (1841), he argued that the actions of the "Great Man" play a key role in history, claiming that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men". Other major works include The French Revolution: A History, 3 vols (1837) and The History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, 6 vols (1858–65).