 KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride,...  An essay on man. Cornish ed - Page 32by Alexander Pope - 1798Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 pages
...great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt...his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; 10 Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much... | |
 | Bruno Barnhart - Religion - 1999 - 292 pages
...state, With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt...reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much; Still by himself abused or disabus'd Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things,... | |
 | Ellis Sandoz - Political Science - 1999 - 253 pages
...sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; . . . Chaos of Thought and Passion all confus'd. Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half... | |
 | Thorsten Paprotny - Language and languages - 1999 - 254 pages
...rudely great; With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for a Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt to deen himself a god, or beast, In doubt his mind or body to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'ning to... | |
 | Peter J. Tamburro - Games & Activities - 2016 - 598 pages
...rudely great, With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act or rest ; In doubt...prefer ; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err . . ,16 Less prone than either philosophy or poetry thus to insinuate man into his logical place in... | |
 | John Cartwright - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 406 pages
...great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest, In doubt...prefer. Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err. (Pope, 'Essay on Man') We share much of our basic anatomy and physiology with other animals: we eat,... | |
 | Edward Harrison - Science - 2000 - 586 pages
...to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such. Whether...little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused: Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - Fiction - 2000 - 428 pages
...the true course of nature! This is the most sublime proof of the perfectibility of man!" CHAP. IX. "Alike in ignorance, his reason such, "Whether he...little or too much; "Chaos of thought and passion, all confus 'd, "Still by himself abus 'd, or disabus 'd." POPE.53 JULIA was now so far recovered, as to... | |
 | Diane Bjorklund - Family & Relationships - 2000 - 286 pages
...Alexander Pope's ([1734] 1969, p. 27) much earlier comment about humankind seems appropriate here: "In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; / In doubt his mind or body to prefer." On the one hand, it might be harmful to restrain impulses and emotions. But, as Max Weber (1949, pp.... | |
 | Richard S. Gilbert - Religion - 2000 - 118 pages
...of a middle state/A being darkly wise and widely great/He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest/In doubt to deem himself a God or beast. In doubt his mind or body to prefer/Born but to die and reasoning but to err/ Sole judge of truth in endless error hurled/The glory,... | |
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