 The proper study of mankind is Man. Plac'd 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, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest;...  The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Moral essays - Side 27af Alexander Pope - 1751Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Alfred Rupert Hall - 1981 - 379 sider
...stoic pride, 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 reas'ning but to err . . ,16 Less prone than either philosophy or poetry thus to insinuate man into his logical place in... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 727 sider
...Stoic's pride, 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 reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much; Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd;... | |
 | Manfred Kuehn - 2001 - 544 sider
...Stoic's pride, 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...and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such Whether he thinks too little, or too much: Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd,... | |
 | James Noggle - 2001 - 288 sider
...Stoic's pride, 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 reas'ning but to err ... (II, 5-10) As confidently declamatory as this is, it is in a sense more radically skeptical, more... | |
 | Michael Shermer - 2001 - 368 sider
...the stoic pride, 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; Created half to rise, and half to fall, Great lord of all things, yet a prey... | |
 | Donald K. Sharpes - 2002 - 522 sider
...and the senses. Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man . . . In doubt his mind or body to prefer, Born but to die,...and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much . . . Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd;... | |
 | Alain Bony - 2002 - 250 sider
...between ; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Boby to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much: Chaos of Thought and Passion, ail contus'd;... | |
 | Carmel Mothersill, Brian Austin - 2003 - 472 sider
...Stoic's pride, 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 reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much. Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man (Vol. II, 1733,... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 467 sider
...Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest. In doubt to deem himsell a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; I0 о Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much: Chaos olThought... | |
 | Barbara Ellen Bowe - 2003 - 221 sider
...Stoic's pride, 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; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much:... | |
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