 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 500 lehte
...presume not God to scan. The proper study of mankind is man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much...doubt to act or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God er beast, In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born butto die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in... | |
 | Rev. Henry Greene - 1866 - 558 lehte
...darkly wise and rudely great, With too much knowledge for the sceptic's side, With too much greatness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between in doubt to...or rest, In doubt to deem himself a god or beast. AT a period in comparison with whose vast antiquity the dust of Egyptian monuments is but of yesterday,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 lehte
...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...rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast ; In uoubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; 10 Alike in ignorance,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 lehte
...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...or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast ; [n doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance,... | |
 | Bruno Barnhart - 1999 - 292 lehte
...presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With...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;... | |
 | Ellis Sandoz - 1999 - 253 lehte
...To again illustrate from Pope's picture of human reality: Plac'd in this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great, With too much...for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer; Born but... | |
 | Thorsten Paprotny - 1999 - 254 lehte
...presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is Man. Plac'd 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 a Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt to deen himself a god, or beast,... | |
 | John Cartwright - 2000 - 406 lehte
...theory and its application 6 The Evolution of Brain Size Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much...doubt his Mind or body to prefer. Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err. (Pope, 'Essay on Man') We share much of our basic anatomy and physiology with... | |
 | David L. Sills, Robert King Merton - 2000 - 466 lehte
...presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much...Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, pr rest; In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer, Born but to... | |
 | Peter J. Tamburro - 2016 - 598 lehte
...of two orders of creation man was divided and distraught : Plac'd in this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great, With too much...for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God or beast ;... | |
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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,... 
