# Carlyle — The Public and Its Problems character guide

> Carlyle in The Public and Its Problems by John Dewey.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-the-public-and-its-problems

## Who they are

Writer and historian, cited for his views on heroism and society.

## In the story

### [III: The Democratic State](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_public_and_its_problems_se/chapters/iii-the-democratic-state)

Mentioned for his savage attacks on the notion of a society held together by individualistic premises.

### [IV: The Eclipse of the Public](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_public_and_its_problems_se/chapters/iv-the-eclipse-of-the-public)

Quoted for his insight that the printing press makes democracy inevitable, linking technology to political form.

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