What does Sartor Resartus mean?
The title of Carlyle’s 1833-34 satire on German philosophy Sartor Resartus means “the tailor retailored” in Latin.
It comments on the work of the fictitious Diogenes Teufelsdrockh, philosopher of clothes.
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