Thomas Carlyle

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
writer
historian
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Scottish_Enlightenment
Victorian literature
gptkbp:awards Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:born December 4, 1795
gptkbp:died February 5, 1881
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:hasWritten gptkb:the_French_Revolution
gptkb:the_Industrial_Revolution
culture
economics
politics
education
religion
art
morality
social reform
human nature
philosophy of history
the nature of truth
the struggle for freedom
the role of the artist
the value of tradition
the challenges of modernity
the role of the individual in history
the quest for meaning
the impact of the past on the present
the relationship between man and society
the importance of character
the nature of heroes
the significance of work
Scottish_history
German_literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thomas Carlyle
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
Leo Tolstoy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
gptkb:Thomas_Hobbes
gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
gptkbp:knownFor social criticism
historical analysis
philosophical writings
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notableWorks gptkb:Sartor_Resartus
Past and Present
The_French_Revolution:_A_History
On_Heroes,_Hero-Worship,_and_the_Heroic_in_History
gptkbp:occupation essayist
novelist
biographer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Ecclefechan,_Scotland
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jane_Welsh_Carlyle