The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible - Bastiat Institute

You own your life. To
deny this is to imply
that another person
has a higher claim on
your life than you do.
Extract from
Jonathan Gullible’s
Guiding Principles
Chapter 1 • A Great Storm
Background
Jonathan was fi rst envisioned after browsing
through Gulliver’s Travels and The Little
Prince.
Also, by coincidence, or subconsciously,
“J.G.” are also the initials of John Galt, a character
in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged – a book that is
also famous for challenging many of society’s
assumptions about ethics, force, economics, and
the proper role of government.
The Little Prince by Antoine de St. Exupery
is a mystical tale about a prince living alone
on a planet, showing independence of mind,
imagination and sensitivity. The fi lm Saint Ex
deals with Antoine de St. Exupery’s life as a
rather “adventurous” pilot during World War II.
Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is often
thought of as stories for children. But his story,
like this book, was written “to vex the world”
and to show the unpleasant aspects of the politics
of the day.
The condor is North America’s largest fl ying
bird.
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