Thomas Carlyle

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:historical_figure
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:historians
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Victorian_literature
gptkb:Scottish_Enlightenment
gptkb:Romanticism
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Legion_of_Super-Heroes
gptkb:Order_of_Merit
gptkbp:birth_date 1795-12-04
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Ecclefechan,_Scotland
gptkbp:born December 4, 1795
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Ecclefechan,_Scotland
gptkbp:born_on December 4, 1795
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Ecclefechan_Cemetery
gptkb:Kensal_Green_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:none
gptkb:Catherine_Carlyle
gptkbp:death_date 1881-02-05
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:died February 5, 1881
gptkbp:died_on February 5, 1881
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:historical_texts
gptkb:historical_analysis
gptkb:literary_criticism
social commentary
philosophical essays
biographical sketches
his critique of modern society
gptkbp:famous_quote “ History is the essence of innumerable biographies.”
“ The first duty of a man is to think for himself.”
“ The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.”
“ A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”
“ No pressure, no diamonds.”
“ The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder.”
“ Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.”
gptkbp:field gptkb:literature
gptkb:philosophy
history
gptkbp:genre gptkb:biography
gptkb:historical_fiction
gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:has_authority_over Q12345
gptkbp:has_wikipedia_page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Thomas_ Carlyle
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thomas Carlyle
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
gptkb:D._H._Lawrence
gptkb:Leo_Tolstoy
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:H._G._Wells
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:George_Bernard_Shaw
gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkb:Thomas_Mann
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
gptkb:Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:The_French_Revolution
gptkb:The_Chartist_Movement
gptkb:The_Anti-Corn_Law_League
The Victorian Era
Carlyle's House
The Carlyle Letters Project
gptkbp:known_for advocacy for social reform
historical narrative style
his views on heroism
critique of industrial society
his philosophical essays
his historical writings
his critique of the Industrial Revolution
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:literary_movement gptkb:Victorian_literature
gptkb:Romanticism
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:historical_fiction
social criticism
philosophical discourse
satirical writing
romantic prose
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Sartor_Resartus
gptkb:On_Heroes,_Hero-Worship,_and_the_Heroic_in_History
gptkb:The_French_Revolution:_A_History
gptkbp:notable_works gptkb:Sartor_Resartus
gptkb:On_Heroes,_Hero-Worship,_and_the_Heroic_in_History
gptkb:The_French_Revolution:_A_History
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History
Past and Present
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:historians
gptkb:literary_criticism
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Ecclefechan,_Scotland
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jane_Welsh_Carlyle
gptkbp:writings Advocacy for social reform
Critique of modern society
Influence on existential thought
Exploration of heroism
Analysis of history and culture
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:the_French_Revolution
gptkb:the_Industrial_Revolution
gptkb:culture
gptkb:heroism
gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:society
history
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
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