Lectures on heroes
Thomas Carlyle
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
- THE HERO AS DIVINITY. ODIN. PAGANISM: SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY.
- THE HERO AS PROPHET. MAHOMET: ISLAM.
- THE HERO AS POET. DANTE: SHAKSPEARE.
- THE HERO AS PRIEST. LUTHER; REFORMATION: KNOX; PURITANISM.
- THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS. JOHNSON, ROUSSEAU, BURNS.
- THE HERO AS KING. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON: MODERN REVOLUTIONISM.
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