The brainwashing of Lemuel Gulliver.

From: The Southern Review | Date: January 1, 1996| Author: Donoghue, Denis | Copyright information

Jonathan Swift's novel 'Travels into Several Remote nations of the Worlds,' or 'Gulliver's Travels,' may be interpreted as a criticism of John Locke's 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding.' Locke proposed that the human mind does not inherently possess any form of knowledge or capacity except those of perception and reflection. Swift disproves this view by placing his protagonist in different circumstances where the use of only these two skills render him helpless and readily influenced by v...

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