Started reading The French Revolution by Carlyle. Its an absolutely insane work by an incredible author. Any Carlyle fans here?
>>25091884>Any Carlyle fans here?A small but dedicated fanbase. I'm willing to declare that Carlyle was the greatest author of the Victorian period, although some will deem it an exaggeration.
>>25091890Well, I am early in me reading but I can already see a case for that. I will be interest in reading his political/social works after The French Revolution. Past and Present will be next, I think.
>>25091884I tried reading Great Men Of History or whatever and it was dismal. The concept is more compelling than the source.
>>25091905>I tried reading Great Men Of History or whatever and it was dismal.I cannot imagine being so low iq that you get filtered by one of Carlyle's most popular and easily enjoyable works.
>>25091905Stick to Moldbug.
>>25091884The living embodiment of pretentious arrogant prose that distracts you constantly from the content, and his imitator Emerson is somehow even worse
abgeschmackt wirkopf
>>25091923Another imbecile that cannot read any book written before the 20th century.
>>25091918Thats a name I havent heard in a long time. He was obsessed with Carlyle, if I remember correctly.
>>25091927>Another imbecile that cannot read any book written before the 20th century.is a dependent clause
>>25091927My favorites are Shakespeare, Montaigne and Chaucer. I don’t dislike Carlyle for being antiquated, I dislike him for being a bad writer. Like a virtuoso guitarist who plays complex masturbatory solos of a million notes rather than a simple melody with real feeling and soul
>>25091939>Like a virtuoso guitarist who plays complex masturbatory solos of a million notes rather than a simple melody with real feeling and soul
>>25091884I'm a fake carlyle fan that has only actually ever read moldbug
>>25091939>Like a virtuoso guitarist who plays complex masturbatory solos of a million notes rather than a simple melody with real feeling and soulKino
>>25091953>>25091979hylics cant handle the powerlevel
>>25091884>The French Revolution by CarlyleI tried reading this a few months ago because I wanted to learn about the topic but got filtered by it. Was it even popular around the time it was published?
He writes about guilds and European monastic culture, which interests me. I haven't read it yet, though.
>>25091884Why would you read about the French revolution from a bootlicking conservative
>>25091939Just come out with what you mean, you dislike most 19th century prose authors, and that probably also means you dislike most prose authors from previous centuries. When someone regards such a large period of literary achievement with contempt it almost always has to do with their own limitations.
