On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History (Illustrator) by Thomas Carlyle (PDF)

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On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History is a book by Thomas Carlyle, published with James Fraser, London, in 1841.It is a collection of six lectures given in May 1840.1. (5 May) The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology2. (8 May) The Hero as Prophet. Muhammad: Islam3. (12 May) The Hero as Poet. Dante; Shakespeare4. (15 May) The Hero as Priest. Luther; Reformation: Knox; Puritanism5. (19 May) The Hero as Man of Letters. Johnson, Rousseau, Burns6. (22 May) The Hero as King. Cromwell. Napoleon: Modern Revolutionism

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⭐Carlyle is one of those authors whose style takes a bit of getting used to. If you persevere, the substance is worthwhile. He lived in the early days of the industrial revolution and was not impressed. Arguably one of the first of the Romantics he was very influential upon the New England Transcendentalists. The essays were developed after his study of the French Revolution and its chaos. Carlyle would have clearly preferred a Great Man to take charge. his later works move further in that direction particularly after the events of ’48.He has a lot to say to the current age of materialism, incompetent leaders more or less chosen by the masses, and the attempt to sever Western culture from its roots.

⭐I liked the idea of a great man, but I disagree that society has nothing to do with producing them. Great men and women are of their time and civilization, not one or the other. Makes you think and consider.

⭐Very interesting insight to why we idolize individuals

⭐The product lacks page numbers and publisher information. It states to have been printed after my ordering. Absolutely unsuitable for scientific work.

⭐Classical insights to our fascination with heros

⭐Not sure what’s going on with this title, but I have downloaded three different versions of “On Heroes…” by Carlyle on Amazon, and they are all garbage. Almost as if they had been translated to another language and then back to english. The original is in English! So why do I have three different versions, all with three different “translations” that end up sounding like complete nonsense? Just download it off of project gutenberg

⭐This text is gobbledygook, possibly translated from a foreign language. Stay well away.

⭐There are not many books sold at Amazon.com that were written almost two centuries ago. There might be a few written a few millenniums ago but they are mostly translations. There is something special when one reads the spoken word untranslated. Only in its original form, words have the mysterious effect that let the reader have a special connection with the author.Carlyle was Scottish and lived in England, but he had close relations with the “New World” and had readers in United States. He had a lifelong friendship with an influential American Philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson. At his time, there were not many philosophers who witnessed the industrial revolution but still kept a transcendental and not a materialistic view of the world. In the 19th century, Materialism was in full swing, and the people in the West were mesmerized by the scientific technological advances of the times and running away from God like herds of cattle, just like the way intellectuals of the East did a century later. Carlyle, Emerson, Thoreau and a few others were the only exceptions in the West that still tried to keep what is beyond the “apparent” in focus or at least in search of it. Bediuzzaman tried to do the same with the voice of Qur’an and called the people to what is beyond the apparent in the face of materialism in the East in the 20th century. One interesting observation I have to point out, is that one common theme among these Western Philosophers; many were all influenced by Emanuel Swedenborg, famous 18th century Swedish PhilosopherIn Heroes and Hero Worship Thomas Carlyle makes an attempt to draw a picture of the development of human intellect by using historical people as coordinates. There are people who has a perspective of history in terms of “environment” and “times” and “causes” while others like Carlyle has the view that human advancement was not continues but discrete and these jumps were mainly due to specific individuals he calls “Heroes”. This is like the wave – particle duality of the “nature of light”. In some phenomenon Light behaves like a wave in others like a particle. One can write a history based on ideas, cultures and mediums in which people lived, or the same history could be written by taking certain individuals and following them and their actions.Writings of many other authors of that time and Carlyle’s of course are very perceptive. Carlyle does not really care to be objective on the matter. He has an idea and he wants to tell you that idea and when telling you what that idea is, he uses whatever his hands and mind get hold of. Being so passionate about what you are telling is probably a good thing. But if one overdoes it, one cannot help but show wild swings in appreciation of the historical person in question. If we use the drawing analogy, his historical person becomes no longer a point on the painting but a thread on the brush. But that should not prevent us from benefiting from his writings.Muhammad (PBUH) has a special place in the book under the chapter title “Hero as a Prophet”. In the book Carlyle declares his admiration of Muhammad (PBUH). Carlyle’s answers to pointed questions on Islam and Muhammad (PBUH) showed interesting similarities to Bediuzzaman’s line of answers to similar questions. ……Considering the fact that while the West and East were at odds and the means of communications were quite inferior to our times, seeing Carlyle having such an open mind to the “other” puts him in a category of his own with others like Swedenborg, Emerson and Thoreau. I think when we are trying to build bridges between the peoples of the West and the East we should not overlook these early historical representatives of that dialogue, as Bediuzzaman foresees in his writings.

⭐THe fonts are too small, there is no way of enlarging the character on Kindle, and thus the book is simply impossible or very difficult to read

⭐Print is very small so beware!

⭐Good read very interesting

⭐I happened to know Carlyle because of the neoreactioary movement where the author is considered a big reference for some. It’s not a history book, I’d say more into morality and literature. Worth reading simply for the fact of discovering a giant of 19th century.

⭐I had one problem with this copy of the book. It was essentially a photocopy of the text, but it had not been enlarged so there was a wide margin surrounding it on the pages (about an inch, if not more). This made the font very small and difficult to read.

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