# Thomas Carlyle — Progress and Poverty character guide

> Thomas Carlyle in Progress and Poverty by Henry George.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Carlyle

**First appearance:** 0040-ii-the-persistence-of-poverty-amid-advancing-wealth

## Who they are

Scottish philosopher and historian, referenced on labor and social conditions.

## In the story

### [V: The Law of Interest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters/v-the-law-of-interest)

Referenced in a hypothetical 'fool's paradise' example.

### [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters/epigraph)

Author of the second epigraph, which illustrates the oppressive extraction of rent from the poor by the landed gentry.

### [Of the Changes That Would Be Wrought in Social Organization and Social Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters/iv-of-the-changes-that-would-be-wrought-in-social-organization-and-social-life)

Quoted for the statement that 'poverty is the hell of which the modern Englishman is most afraid,' used to illustrate the fear of want.

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