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JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745) - Coggle Diagram
JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745)
SWIFT'S LIFE
MAIN WORKS
CONTROVERSIAL WRITER
SWIFT'S IDEAS ON REASON
Reason
He thought that reason was an instrument that needed to be used properly
Too intensive use of reason might bring to an error of judgment, therefore being unreasonable
There’s the need to take a common sense view of his satire and irony
SATIRIST AND MISANTHROPIST
SATIRIST: cannibalism to solve the problem of poverty in Ireland
criticises England and English politics
MISANTHROPE : pessimist
Gulliver’s fourth [travel]
Houyhnhnms better than humans
hatred against all men
reflect in Gulliver’s actions and way of thinking
G. refuses to live with humans
(at the end) he lives in the stable
but still has love for humans/individuals