 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...abused or disabused ; Created half to rise, or half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a pray s whole troops, and makes measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides ; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old... | |
 | John Cottingham - Philosophy - 1998 - 250 pages
...Passion, all confused; 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 hurled: The glory, jest and riddle of the world! Alexander Pope1 I . THE FRUITS OF PHILOSOPHY [Philosophia]... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...truth is clear. 'Whatever IS, IS RIGHT'. 8898 An Essay on Man Created half to rise, and half to fall; Lu > ^? D1K @ȒVӯ @ eJ! F 峦 j g \Qn O2 !}ԧ d ޙ $o5 ! #Z<Qr hurled; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! 8899 An Essay on Man Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how... | |
 | Thorsten Paprotny - Language and languages - 1999 - 254 pages
...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...hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!" (Alexander Pope, Essay on Man) „Ich glaube der Mensch ist am Ende ein so freies Wesen, daß ihm das... | |
 | Bruno Barnhart - Religion - 1999 - 292 pages
...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...hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! ' The Pauline expression of this human duality is a moral conflict. So I find it to be a law that when... | |
 | Ellis Sandoz - Political Science - 1999 - 253 pages
...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...endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest and riddle of the world.2 Government under such conditions was pronounced (by James Madison in Federalist No. 51) as... | |
 | David L. Sills, Robert King Merton - Social Science - 2000 - 466 pages
...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...hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! An Essay on Man (1733) 1950: Epistle 2, 53-56. 2 For Forms of Government let fools contest; Whate'er... | |
 | Roy Porter - History - 2000 - 776 pages
...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...Error hurl'd The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! 16 In his exposure of human pretensions, Pope held a fine line. While humbling pride, he was nevertheless... | |
 | Michael Shermer - Science - 2001 - 368 pages
...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...error hurl'd; The glory, jest and riddle of the world. —Alexander Pope, "Essay on Man': CONTENTS Introduction: Blurry Lines and Fuzzy Sets: The Boundary... | |
 | Roy Porter - History - 2000 - 772 pages
...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...endless Error hurl'd The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!16 In his exposure of human pretensions, Pope held a fine line. While humbling pride, he was... | |
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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! 
