EPISODE · Jun 20, 2026 · 11 MIN
Gulliver's Travels Part 3 Chapter 8
from The Jonathan Swift Library · host Jonathan Swift
In which the traveller, granted the extraordinary privilege to summon and converse with the illustrious dead, observes with a discerning eye the virtues and follies of ancient philosophers and the often ignoble realities behind modern nobility and history. He finds cause for sober reflection upon the corruption, vice, and degeneration that have sullied the human character and distorted the truth of past deeds and honours.
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In which the traveller, granted the extraordinary privilege to summon and converse with the illustrious dead, observes with a discerning eye the virtues and follies of ancient philosophers and the often ignoble realities behind modern nobility and history. He finds cause for sober reflection upon the corruption, vice, and degeneration that have sullied the human character and distorted the truth of past deeds and honours.
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