We should perhaps begin with a very basic definition of this character from Irish folklore. The leprechaun, as Rose (1998) defines him, is a sort of fairy who takes the form of a tiny old man who does indeed often wear the cocked hat that he is represented as wearing in contemporary popular...

Rawls begins his thought experiment with something he calls the "Original Position." The Original Position is the equivalent to what other political philosopher's call the "state of nature." Like the idea of the state of nature, the Original Position is not something that actually exists in the worl...

Of all his writings, this novel shows Swift's merits of his mind. His extraordinary queft of expression. It is written in a very strange language. It is understandable nowadays, but not then. This novel shows the tendency of the XVIIIth century to see truth in relative terms. Is this Swift&apos...