Laputa / ləˈpuːtə / is a flying island described in the 1726 book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. [1] . It is about 4½ miles (7¼ km) in diameter, with an adamantine base, which its …

Laputans are parodies of theoreticians, who have scant regard for any practical results of their own research. They are so inwardly absorbed in their own thoughts that they must be shaken …

2019年10月4日 · What is Laputa, and why did people abandon it? Laputa: High-tech airborne construct, the titular “Castle in the Sky”. Carries sentient robots, ecosystems, cultural artifacts, …

Laputa is a large floating island in the sky inhabited by narrow-minded scientists and philosophers. Laputan king lost in thought.

The Laputans. Absentminded intellectuals who live on the floating island of Laputa, encountered by Gulliver on his third voyage. During Gulliver’s stay among them, they do not mistreat him, …

Laputans can shield the sun or simply crush their neighbors. Here we can see a clear metaphor for England's domination over Ireland, as indicated by the name of the Laputans’ city — …

The Laputians are a race of weirdos whose heads are always leaning to the right or left and whose eyes never focus on the world around them. They live on a floating island controlled by …

After Gulliver's ship was attacked by pirates, he is marooned near a desolate rocky island, near India. Fortunately he is rescued by the flying island of Laputa, a kingdom devoted to the arts of …

The Laputans can be effectively characterized as a group of absentminded intellectuals who live on the floating island of Laputa. Gulliver encounters these people in his third voyage. The …

The Laputans are speculative and rationalistic philosophers. And they are dismal failures — as philosophers, as reasoners, and as men. They are devoted to the most ethereal of abstract …