 | John Lord - 1852 - 360 páginas
...of a middle state, A being darkly wise, but rudely groat ; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride...act or rest, In doubt to deem himself a God or beast ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much ; He is a chaos of... | |
 | 1852 - 710 páginas
...raison et devenir betes brutes." The same idea recurs in Pope again, speaking of man generally: — " He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest — In doubt to deem himself a yod or beast." The Second Epistle opens with the famous line : " The proper study of mankind is man;"... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 páginas
...middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, 5 With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs...or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast ; 1 [In first edition, " The proper science of mankind is man." Warburton remarks, " The poet having... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 342 páginas
...middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, 5 With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs...or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast ; 1 [In first edition, " The proper science of mankind is man." Warburton remarks, " The poet having... | |
 | Richard Gordon - 2002 - 448 páginas
...Rabelaisian sense of humour. Doctors professionally conduct Pope's proper study of mankind, man. Who is: In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt...prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err. The anthropological monarch, crowned flashingly with artistic and philosophical diadems, forgets that... | |
 | Ray Fuller, Patricia Noonan Walsh, Patrick McGinley - 1997 - 354 páginas
...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,...doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such Whether he thinks too little or too much:... | |
 | Richard Storey - 1997 - 252 páginas
...drivers, weaken the restrainers. Chapter 10 Obtaining a decision 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; Alexander Pope People often hover on the brink of decision, needing a gentle nudge to help them take... | |
 | Jacob A. Belzen - 1997 - 294 páginas
...proper study of mankind, Man, is placed on the "isthmus of a middle state"; he is 'hanging between', "In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast,/ In doubt his mind or body to prefer". Such an ambiguous being or intermediate entity cannot be studied by any simple, one-dimensional method.... | |
 | Helen Ruth Bass, Diane Morrill - 1998 - 132 páginas
...this pattern may have any number of line pairs per verse. Know then, thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man, Placed on this...or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; — from "An Essay on Man" by Alexander Pope Name Date Tercet Here you come with your old music, and... | |
 | Warren S. Brown, Nancey C. Murphy, H. Newton Malony - 1997 - 276 páginas
...presume not God to scan; the proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, being darkly wise and rudely great; with too much...God, or beast; in doubt his mind or body to prefer. . . . Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurled: The glory, jest and riddle of the world! Today,... | |
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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,... 
