 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,...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 201by Alexander Pope - 1893 - 505 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1868 - 418 pages
...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...doubt his mind or body to prefer, Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused, Still by himself abused or disabused... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 168 pages
...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...prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; 10 Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd or disabus'd; Created half to rise,... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Gerber - Life - 1994 - 312 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Dennis Todd - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1995 - 366 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William A. Senior - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 300 pages
...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...or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer, Born to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little,... | |
 | Richard Gordon - Medicine - 2002 - 448 pages
...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 - History - 1997 - 354 pages
...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...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:... | |
 | Blanford Parker - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 282 pages
...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...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 to... | |
 | Warren S. Brown, Nancey C. Murphy, H. Newton Malony - Religion - 1997 - 276 pages
...of a middle state, being darkly wise and rudely great; with too much knowledge for the skeptic side, with too much weakness for the stoic's pride, he hangs...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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