Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Pope, Alexander (1733), An Essay on Man, Retrieved on 2021-10-17
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17 OCT 2021
Know Then Thyself
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, 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...Folksonomies: empiricism understanding
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