 | Bruno Barnhart - 1999 - 292 sivua
...presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With...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;... | |
 | John Cartwright - 2000 - 406 sivua
...and well-written account of sexual selection theory and its application 6 The Evolution of Brain Size Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being...doubt his Mind or body to 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... | |
 | Peter J. Tamburro - 2016 - 598 sivua
...and 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...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... | |
 | Manfred Kuehn - 2001 - 580 sivua
...was a most remarkable example of this species celebrated by Pope in An Essay on Man with these words: Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being...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:... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 772 sivua
...to err'. Indeed, the most eloquent warning against all such self-exculpatory hubris came from Pope: Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being...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;... | |
 | James Noggle - 2001 - 288 sivua
...a "Subject of Contradiction" (206) to suggest unsettledness, not stability. "Man" is, as Pope says, "a being darkly wise, and rudely great": With too...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... | |
 | Michael Shermer - 2001 - 368 sivua
...and 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;...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 to all; Sole judge of... | |
 | Carmel Mothersill, Brian Austin - 2003 - 530 sivua
...vitro approaches C. Seymour 18.1 THE BACKGROUND PHILOSOPHY Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this...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.... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 496 sivua
...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...doubt his Mind or Body to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; 10 Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too... | |
 | David Semple - 2005 - 988 sivua
...study of mankind 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,...little, or too much Chaos of thought and passion, all confused Still by himself abuse, or disabuse Created half to rise, and half to fall Great lord of all... | |
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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,... 
