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Tiêu đề
What We Can Learn
Tác giả
Robertson L.W.
Năm xuất bản
2022
Source title
Recovering Political Philosophy
Số trích dẫn
0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-98853-1_8
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
Given Swift’s art of writing, his known practice of satire, and his love of jokes, it may be difficult to say with confidence what he expects the reader to learn from Gulliver’s Travels. While cautiously relying on the evidence of the text, I venture into two kinds of learning: what the Houyhnhnms learn, and what the Master Houyhnhnm learns. There are hints of a possible breeding program; horses breeding with asses or donkeys producing “mules.” Gulliver’s first name is Lemuel, and he may be a cross or mixture of various kinds: Yahoo and Houyhnhnm, English and Irish, ancient and modern. The comical or exaggerated story has some connection to high and serious themes, such as enlightenment and science. Liberal education, including considering physics in the proper way, may be the thing Gulliver most wishes to emulate, but he may not be as serious about it as his creator. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Từ khóa
Ass; Astronomy; Girl; Mule; Physics; Socrates
Tài liệu tham khảo
Nơi xuất bản
Palgrave Macmillan
Hình thức xuất bản
Book chapter
Open Access
Nguồn
Scopus