Patched-up tailor

Author: Carlyle
Translator: Ma Qiuwu
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Think about our advanced cultural condition today, how the torch of science now dances, illuminating all directions, strong or weak, for five thousand years or even more ancient. Especially in these years, not only is the torch still burning (perhaps more fiercely than ever before), but there are countless candles and matches lighting up in every corner, starting from ancient times. As a result, the natural or artistic corners of the world are all illuminated. A thoughtful person would be surprised to notice: so far, whether in philosophy or in the study of history, no one or very few has written profound articles on the theme of clothing. This book is presented to the world in the form of "The Life and Views of Mr. Thorleifur Thorleifsson." A simple explanation of the strange title is that the tailor is the great German "philosopher of clothing," and the other tailor who pieced together his story is Thomas Carlyle. It was precisely for the people of that "miserable age" that Carlyle wrote this mystical work, which is neither a philosophical treatise, nor an autobiography, nor a novel, but in a sense, a combination of all three.