Every one knew how laborious
the usual Method is of attaining to Arts and Sciences; whereas by
his Contrivance, the most ignorant Person at a reasonable Charge, and
with a little bodily Labour, may write Books in Philosophy, Poetry,
Politicks, Law, Mathematicks and Theology, without the least Assistance
from Genius or Study.
Gulliver's Travels:
Voyage to Laputa
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Posted on Monday 7 October 2002
Laputan \La*pu"tan\, a.
Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island
described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical
philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in
science or philosophy. ``Laputan ideas.'' --G. Eliot.
definition from the Exploding Dictionary
