“ in the history of the world there will not again be any man, never so great, whom his fellowmen will take for a god. ”
Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History (1841). copy citation
Author | Thomas Carlyle |
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Source | On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History |
Topic | history gods |
Date | 1841 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1091/1091-h/1091-h.htm |
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“The Hero is not now regarded as a God among his fellowmen; but as one God-inspired, as a Prophet. It is the second phasis of Hero-worship: the first or oldest, we may say, has passed away without return; in the history of the world there will not again be any man, never so great, whom his fellowmen will take for a god. Nay we might rationally ask, Did any set of human beings ever really think the man they saw there standing beside them a god, the maker of this world? Perhaps not: it was usually some man they remembered, or had seen.”
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