Visit my educational site: https://minervawisdom.com/ Support Wisdom: https://paypal.me/PJKrause?locale.x=en_US Venmo: https://www.venmo.com/u/Paul-Krause-48 Finding Arcadia: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1680537148 The Odyssey of Love: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1725297396 My Book on Plato: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BQLMVH2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paul_jkrause/ (@paul_jkrause) Twitter: https://twitter.com/paul_jkrause (@paul_jkrause) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@paul.j.krause -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this lecture we explore the real meaning of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, looking at Swift's philosophical and scientific criticism through his use of satire and how he was a man who foresaw the fall and degeneration of western civilization if it followed the path of rationalistic science. We discuss what is really meant when Gulliver is in Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and Houyhnhnmland. 0:00-2:49 - Introduction to Gulliver's Travels 2:49-5:35 - Lilliput 5:35-12:19 - Brobdingnag 12:19-19:42 - Laputa 19:42-30:30 - The Houyhnhnm 30:30-35:39 - Conclusion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Krause is the editor-in-chief of VoegelinView. He is a writer, classicist, and historian. He has written on the arts, culture, classics, literature, philosophy, religion, and history for numerous publications in the English-speaking world. He is the author of Finding Arcadia (2023), The Odyssey of Love (2021), and the Politics of Plato (2020); he has also contributed to The College Lecture Today (2019) and Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters (2022).