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Description: On Heroes : Hero-worship and the Heroic in History, Paperback by Carlyle, Thomas, ISBN 1523420596, ISBN-13 9781523420599, Brand New, Free shipping in the US On Heroes Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History By Thomas Carlyle We have undertaken to discourse here for a little on Great Men, their manner of appearance in our world's business, how they have shaped themselves in the world's history, what ideas men formed of them, what work they did;—on Heroes, namely, and on their reception and performance; what I call Hero-worship and the Heroic in human affairs. Too evidently this is a large topic; deserving quite other treatment than we can expect to give it at present. A large topic; indeed, an illimitable one; wide as Universal History itself. For, as I take it, Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones; the modellers, patterns, and in a wide sense creators, of whatsoever the general mass of men contrived to do or to attain; all things that we see standing accomplished in the world are properly the outer material result, the practical realization and embodiment, of Thoughts that dwelt in the Great Men sent into the world: the soul of the whole world's history, it may justly be considered, were the history of these. Too clearly it is a topic we shall do no justice to in this place! One comfort is, that Great Men, taken up in any way, are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him. He is the living light-fountain, which it is good and pleasant to be near. The light which enlightens, which has enlightened the darkness of the world; and this not as a d lamp only, but rather as a natural luminary shining by the gift of Heaven; a flowing light-fountain, as I say, of native original insight, of manhood and heroic nobleness;—in whose radiance all souls feel that it is well with them. On any terms whatsoever, you will not grudge to wander in such neighborhood for a while. These Six classes of Heroes, chosen out of widely distant countries and epochs, and in mere external figure differing altogether, ought, if we look faithfully at them, to illustrate several things for us. Could we see them well, we should get some glimpses into the very marrow of the world's history. LECTURES ON HEROES.   LECTURE I.          THE HERO AS DIVINITY. ODIN. PAGANISM: SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY.   LECTURE II.         THE HERO AS PROPHET. MAHOMET: ISLAM.   LECTURE III.        THE HERO AS POET. DANTE: SHAKSPEARE.   LECTURE IV.        THE HERO AS PRIEST. LUTHER; REFORMATION: KNOX;                          PURITANISM.   LECTURE V.         THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS. JOHNSON, ROUSSEAU, BURNS.   LECTURE VI.        THE HERO AS KING. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON: MODERN REVOLUTIONISM.  

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Book Title: On Heroes : Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History

Number of Pages: 170 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: CreateSpace

Publication Year: 2016

Topic: Historical

Item Height: 0.4 in

Genre: Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 13.9 Oz

Item Length: 10 in

Author: Thomas Carlyle

Item Width: 7 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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