Jonathan Swift was born on November 30, 1667  

Swift has sailed into his rest;

Savage indignation there

Cannot lacerate his breast.

Imitate him if you dare,

World-besotted traveller; he

Served human liberty.

– Yeats

We have previously discussed the life and importance of Jonathan Swift.  Yesterday, however was the observance of his birthday.  Due to this, despite missing writing a post on this work, we are memorializing this today, on December 1, 2017.

An Anglican clergyman,  Swift deserves to be counted among the best of Christian writers.  His satire when a long way toward pillorying the Enlightenment’s foibles.  In doing so, he anticipated many of the issues with modernism and post-modernism.  He did so in terms of classical thought and a conservative Christian paradigm.

You may find a library of his literary work here:

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/search?amode=start&author=Swift%2c%20Jonathan

Hints Toward An Essay On Conversation may be read here:

http://www.bartleby.com/27/8.html

Or, in the alternative listened to in an audiobook format here: