Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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Page 128
... nature of man . Man has always claimed to be animal rationale , the rational animal , but as a deliberate affront to this proud boast , reason is given the shape of a horse while brutish passion is still recognizable as man . Gulliver ...
... nature of man . Man has always claimed to be animal rationale , the rational animal , but as a deliberate affront to this proud boast , reason is given the shape of a horse while brutish passion is still recognizable as man . Gulliver ...
Page 171
... Nature ' , in which the restrictions of government and the ethical guidance of the church are alike absent : " The State of Nature hath a Law of Nature to govern it , which obliges everyone ; and Reason , which is that Law , teaches all ...
... Nature ' , in which the restrictions of government and the ethical guidance of the church are alike absent : " The State of Nature hath a Law of Nature to govern it , which obliges everyone ; and Reason , which is that Law , teaches all ...
Page 172
... Nature ' and populates it with two possible sets of inhabitants . The Houyhnhnms take reason as far as it will go , but it does not lead them to a God or to Love , merely to Reason ( or , Nature ) and to Benevolence . Yahoo , the parody ...
... Nature ' and populates it with two possible sets of inhabitants . The Houyhnhnms take reason as far as it will go , but it does not lead them to a God or to Love , merely to Reason ( or , Nature ) and to Benevolence . Yahoo , the parody ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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