Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher. Considered one of the most important social commentators of his time, he presented many lectures during his lifetime with certain acclaim in the Victorian era. One of those conferences resulted in his famous work On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History where he explains that the key role in history lies in the actions of the "Great Man", claiming that "History is nothing but the biography of the Great Man".
== Tossup Questions ==
# One of this author's works contrasts figures like Plugson of Undershot and Sir Jabesh Windbag with the nobility of the twelfth century monk Abbot Samson. Anthony Trollope satirized this author as Dr. Pessimist Anticant in The Warden in response to one of his essay collections, which includes "Hudson's Statue." This author invented the figure of "Bobus" to represent corrupt businessmen, and depicted black workers on a Caribbean sugar plantation as subhuman in an essay which notoriously defends slavery, "Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question." He wrote a book tracing the progression from the "Everlasting No" to the "Everlasting Yea," which describes the "philosophy of clothes" developed by Diogenes Teufelsdröckh. He coined the term "dismal science" to describe economics, and argued that history consists of "the biography of great men." For 10 points, name this Scottish author of a history of the French Revolution and Sartor Resartus.
# This author urges readers to "put away all Flunkyism, Baseness, and Unveracity from us," referring to the "faithful, discerning souls." One of his characters comes to the realization that "I was like no other" and sneers at the "paltry little Dog-cage of an Earth" and the "Cause-and-Effect Philosopher," a theme that this author explored in a work opening with discussions about Muhammad's spreading of Islam by the sword and the "genuine song" that is The Divine Comedy. This author discusses "The Modern Worker" alongside "The Ancient Monk" in Past and Present and wrote a book about heroes and hero-worship. The magnum opus of this author describes a character who experiences the "Center of Indifference" as well as the "Everlasting Yea" and "Everlasting No." For 10 points, identify this author who wrote about an philosopher of clothes, Diogenes Teufelsdrockh, in Sartor Resartus.