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... Essai sur l'homme - Página 30por Alexander Pope - 1762 - 116 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 páginas
...Stoic's1 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 ; 10 1 A sect of philosophers who placed by Zeno. They were called Stoics the... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 páginas
...methodically makes it the subject of MB introduction to the second, which treats of tbe nature of man."] In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; 10 Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too... | |
| Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 páginas
...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 ; 10 Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 páginas
...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 ; 10 Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too... | |
| Colin Nicholson - 1994 - 252 páginas
...Alexander Pope's 'Opus Magnum', 1729-1744 (Oxford, 1977), p. 38. Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much: Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall;... | |
| Martha Woodmansee, Peter Jaszi - 1994 - 482 páginas
...II of Essay on Man: 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; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall;... | |
| Dennis Todd - 1995 - 364 páginas
...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; Still by himself abused, or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall;... | |
| Richard Gordon - 2002 - 448 páginas
...professionally conduct Pope's proper study of mankind, man. Who is: 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. The anthropological monarch, crowned flashingly with artistic and philosophical diadems, forgets that... | |
| Ray Fuller, Patricia Noonan Walsh, Patrick McGinley - 1997 - 354 páginas
...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:... | |
| Blanford Parker - 1998 - 282 páginas
...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; Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half to... | |
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