 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...Reason's spite, One truth is clear. 'Whatever IS, IS RIGHT'. 8898 An Essay on Man Created half to rise, ݞ < X vA Lu > ^? D1K @ȒVӯ @ eJ! F 峦 j g \Qn O2 !}ԧ d ޙ $o5 ! endless error hurled; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! 8899 An Essay on Man Go, teach Eternal... | |
 | Blanford Parker - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 282 pages
...of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all. (An Essay on Man, n, 3~14)38 This is great poetry. Its mastery of rhythm, antithesis, and diction is... | |
 | Ellis Sandoz - Political Science - 1999 - 253 pages
...Chaos of Thought and Passion all confus'd. Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall, Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest and riddle of the world.2 Government under such conditions was... | |
 | Bruno Barnhart - Religion - 1999 - 292 pages
...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, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! ' The Pauline expression of this human... | |
 | Thorsten Paprotny - Language and languages - 1999 - 254 pages
...Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, ordisabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!" (Alexander Pope, Essay on Man) „Ich... | |
 | David L. Sills, Robert King Merton - Social Science - 2000 - 466 pages
...of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! An Essay on Man (1733) 1950: Epistle... | |
 | Orson Scott Card - Fiction - 2001 - 606 pages
...the boy understood any of what he spouted. Ta-DUM ta-DUM ta-DUM ta DUM ta-DUM. Created half to rise and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. Just as John was about to cry aloud,... | |
 | Michael Shermer - Science - 2001 - 369 pages
...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 to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest and riddle of the world. —Alexander Pope, "Essay on Man': CONTENTS... | |
 | Roy Porter - History - 2000 - 776 pages
...between the divine and the animal, a predicament at once laughable and lamentable, Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all. 96 Darwin, by contrast, painted a wholly optimistic, naturalistic and this-worldly picture, grounded... | |
 | Roy Porter - History - 2000 - 772 pages
...between the divine and the animal, a predicament at once laughable and lamentable, Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all.96 Darwin, by contrast, painted a wholly optimistic, naturalistic and this-worldly picture, grounded... | |
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Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world! 
