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Work #651 · Late

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift
1726 · English
Satirical-philosophical novel · English Enlightenment satire

Swift's 1726 foundational satire — Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the Houyhnhnms

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Attribute Gulliver's Travels (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method —
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

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Time

Gulliver's Travels

The narrative-satirical time.

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Space

Gulliver's Travels

The fictional satirical lands (Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, Houyhnhnms).

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Matter

Gulliver's Travels

The embodied Gulliver and inhabitants of fictional lands.

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Observer

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Gulliver as naive satirical observer.

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Energy

Gulliver's Travels

Energies of satirical exposure of human folly.

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Information

Gulliver's Travels

Foundational English satirical-philosophical framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels foundational for English satirical literature and philosophical anthropology.