Walter Scott vs. Thomas Carlyle
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Walter Scott
1814 – 1831
Literature
Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature. He is known for his Waverley novels (1814-1831), which were, for nearly a century, among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe.
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"Time rolls his ceaseless course."
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Thomas Carlyle
1795 – 1881
Philosophy
Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. Known as the "sage of Chelsea", his writings strongly influenced the intellectual and artistic culture of the Victorian era.
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"It is truly a lordly spectacle how this great soul takes in all kinds of men and objects, a Falstaff, an Othello, a Juliet, a Coriolanus; sets them all forth to…"
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