tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post8480354973169408431..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: the education of CarlyleDoug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-54507386293588268552016-01-14T10:11:54.320-06:002016-01-14T10:11:54.320-06:00Thanks. I was alerted to the quote from Susan Blow...Thanks. I was alerted to the quote from Susan Blow's book on Symbolic education. I've heard of the book before and it appears I need now to read the whole thing.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-45811005946769262892016-01-14T09:16:32.227-06:002016-01-14T09:16:32.227-06:00In case you need a better citation for that quote ...In case you need a better citation for that quote from Carlyle, it's from Sartor Resartus, Book 2 Chapter 3, (page 81 in the Oxford World Classics edition). The protagonist of Carlyle's satire is named Teufelsdröckh, a taylor/philosopher who expounds on his "philosophy of clothes." The whole book is a hoot.Jeff Wardhttp://thispublicaddress.comnoreply@blogger.com