Jonathan's Swift's Real Argument
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God only knows from whence came Freud's theory of penis envy, but one of
his more tame theories, that of "reverse psychology", may have its roots in the
satire of the late Jonathan Swift. I do not mean to assert that Swift employed
or was at all familiar with that style of persuasion, but his st ....
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.... would
be quite dangerous allegations. Indeed, the reasons that Swift gives for the
preservation of the fictitious Christianity are exactly what he sees wrong with
the Christianity practiced in his time. By applying Swift's satirical argument
for the preservation of this fictitious religion to that which was currently
practiced, Swift asserts that their Christianity served ulterior motives, both
for the government and for the people.
If we are to prove that the government was using religion ....
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