Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal satirizes not only the Protestant landlords for 'eating' their Catholic serfs, he also implicitly satirizes the fact-value distinction by using the language of computation to make for an utterly appalling moral proposal, which is so powerful precisely because he discounts all moral considerations in his proposal.

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[manipulasion]

better than my lecturer this will be huge for my midterms

[Magnanimouscaudillo]

For time porpoises our Professor decided that we should read and analyze the essay on our own, I believe this video saved my exam

[Miltonnativeenglish]

Thanks for posting. I've read "A Modest Proposal" several times over the years, the last this morning. Your video helped me better understand the essay. I've subscribed and look forward to learning more from your channel.

[eddyk]

I really enjoyed your lecture. Keep them coming


I never really understood irony before so thank you for explaining it. Christopher Hitchens was always talking about “irony” and I wasn’t sure if it was the same definition as the one I thought it ment. So irony is basically sarcasm.

I read the Swift book last week, so thanks for explaining it

[gungagalunga]

I grew up next to the direct desendents of Swift, the Dennis family of Wicklow, Ireland.. The last of them, Piers, died in 2016 and the estate was sold in 2019. Three living daughters were educated in England and remained there.

[tugatgalut]

After reading some interesting Thackeray's essays regarding Jonathan Swift, i struggled with grasping Swift's awkward and desperate desire to be recognized as a Poet. He was much greater than just a Poet, he had the gift of humor and he was a great novelist. I really enjoyed his litterature, apart from his poetry of course. As a poet he was drab and dogmatic, but as a Humorist/Satirist he was brilliant 🙏

[homejournalist]

Hmm, interesting analysis. Though it seems the professor has a beef with Americans.

[GaryTongue-zndi]

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