Jonathan Swift's father was also named Jonathan Swift. He was an Englishman who served as steward, or manager, of the King's Inn in Dublin, Ireland. He died in 1667, before his son, the famous author Jonathan Swift, was born in 1667.
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overpopulation
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Jonathan Swift is most often associated with the Enlightenment era, a period in the 18th century marked by a focus on reason, science, and progress. His famous works, such as "Gulliver's Travels," reflect the satirical and critical views that characterized the Enlightenment.
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In "A Modest Proposal", Jonathan Swift "advocated" eating babies as a way to solve the problems of famine in Ireland at that time. He was not serious of course but it was done as a way of ridiculing England's policy at that time of starving the Irish.
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Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" suggests a satirical solution to poverty and overpopulation in Ireland by proposing that poor Irish families should sell their children as food to the wealthy. The main idea is to criticize the heartless attitudes of the ruling class towards the poor and to highlight the absurdity of the economic policies that Swift believed were exacerbating the suffering of the Irish people.
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In "A Modest Proposal," Jonathan Swift uses satire to criticize the economic exploitation of the Irish by the British government. Swift's proposal of selling poor Irish children as food to the wealthy is meant to shock readers into recognizing the severity of the poverty and injustice in Ireland. The extreme nature of the proposal highlights the absurdity of the prevailing economic policies and moral attitudes towards the Irish.
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Jonathan Swift, an Irish writer, is best known for his satirical works such as "Gulliver's Travels". While he was admired for his wit and literary talent, he was not necessarily considered a national hero for his opposition to English oppression. He did, however, support Irish causes and used his writing to critique English policies towards Ireland.
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A Modest Proposal was a satirical suggestion for solving poverty and overpopulation in Ireland by proposing that impoverished Irish families sell their children as food to the rich.
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Jonathan Jennings has written:
'Unedited letters of Jonathan Jennings' -- subject(s): Sources, History
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Jonathan Boucher has written:
'Letters of Jonathan Boucher to George Washington' -- subject(s): Correspondence
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Jonathan Bayliss has written:
'Gloucesterbook' -- subject(s): Fiction
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Jonathan S. Walker has written:
'Feeding ecology and rarity of frugivorous birds in tropical rain forest'
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Jonathan Monk has written:
'Jonathan Monk' -- subject(s): Art, Modern, Exhibitions, Modern Art, Painters
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'Meeting 13' -- subject(s): Artists' books
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Jonathan Adler has written:
'Jonathan Adler on happy chic colors' -- subject(s): Color in interior decoration
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Jonathan Borofsky has written:
'Dreams, 1973-81' -- subject(s): Exhibitions, Installations (Art)
'Subject(s)' -- subject(s): Exhibitions
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Jonathan Baron has written:
'Rationality and intelligence' -- subject(s): Intellect
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Jonathan Pylypchuk has written:
'Jon Pylypchuk' -- subject(s): Exhibitions
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Jonathan Tallant has written:
'Metaphysics' -- subject(s): Textbooks, Metaphysics
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Jonathan Barber has written:
'The elements of elocution' -- subject(s): Accessible book
'A grammar of elocution' -- subject(s): Elocution
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Jonathan S. Sayles has written:
'Embedded SQL for DB2'
'SQL for DB2 and SQL/DS Application Developers'
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Jonathan Davies has written:
'Jonathan' -- subject(s): Biography, Rugby football, Rugby football players, Rugbyfootball players
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Jonathan S. Boswell has written:
'Business policies in the making' -- subject(s): Management, History, Steel industry and trade, Iron industry and trade
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Jonathan S. Marion has written:
'Ballroom' -- subject(s): Ballroom dancing, Dance costume, Social aspects, Social aspects of Ballroom dancing
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Jonathan Forman has written:
'Water and man' -- subject(s): Water, Ecology
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Jonathan Murro has written:
'The divine image' -- subject(s): Spiritual life
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Jonathan Catling has written:
'Cognitive psychology' -- subject(s): Cognitive psychology
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Jonathan Pearl has written:
'The chosen image' -- subject- s -: Jews on television
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Jonathan Gordon has written:
'Sperm whales' -- subject(s): Sperm whale
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Jonathan Garb has written:
'\\' -- subject(s): Cabala, History
'Shamanic trance in modern Kabbalah' -- subject(s): Shamanism, Cabala
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Jonathan Kramer has written:
'Losing the weight of the world' -- subject(s): Spirituality
'Stepping up' -- subject(s): Managing your boss
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Jonathan Westphal has written:
'Colour' -- subject(s): Color (Philosophy), Color vision
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Jonathan Lindell has written:
'Nepal and the gospel of God' -- subject(s): History, Missions
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Jonathan Trigell has written:
'Genus' -- subject(s): Genetic engineering, Dystopias, Fiction
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Jonathan Hope has written:
'Shakespeare's Grammar'
'Shakespeare's grammar' -- subject(s): Language
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Jonathan Schlefer has written:
'The assumptions economists make' -- subject(s): Economics, Economists
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Jonathan Leighton has written:
'The battle for compassion' -- subject(s): Compassion, Evolutionary Ethics
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Jonathan Hawke has written:
'Under the street lamp' -- subject(s): Accessible book
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Jonathan Barrow has written:
'Junior jamboree' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Games
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Jonathan Shackleton has written:
'Shackleton' -- subject(s): Biography, Discovery and exploration, Explorers
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Jonathan Havercroft has written:
'Captives of sovereignty' -- subject(s): Sovereignty, Philosophy, Skepticism
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Jonathan Harrington Greene has written:
'Gambling exposed' -- subject(s): Gambling
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Jonathan Lowy has written:
'Elvis and Nixon' -- subject(s): Presidents, Musicians, Fiction
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