# Carlyle — Heretics character guide

> Carlyle in Heretics by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-heretics

## Who they are

Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian referenced in cultural criticism.

## In the story

### [Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/xx-concluding-remarks-on-the-importance-of-orthodoxy)

Referenced in Matthew Arnold's remark and as defining man as an animal that makes tools.

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