 | Manfred Kuehn - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 580 pages
...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...Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of things, yet prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle... | |
 | Roy Porter - History - 2000 - 776 pages
...beings as suspended between the divine and the animal, a predicament at once laughable and lamentable, Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all. 96 Darwin, by contrast, painted a wholly optimistic, naturalistic and this-worldly picture, grounded... | |
 | Roy Porter - History - 2000 - 772 pages
...beings as suspended between the divine and the animal, a predicament at once laughable and lamentable, Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all.96 Darwin, by contrast, painted a wholly optimistic, naturalistic and this-worldly picture, grounded... | |
 | Arthur Paterson Lee - Fiction - 2001 - 332 pages
...little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord...prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; The glory, jest and riddle of the world! In ancient times humans may have thought themselves... | |
 | Donald K. Sharpes - Education - 2002 - 550 pages
...reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much . . . Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. (Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, 1 733) 8. Education in Colonial and Revolutionary America OVERVIEW... | |
 | Alain Bony - English literature - 2002 - 256 pages
...reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much: Chaos of Thought and Passion, ail contus'd; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd: Created half to rise, and half to fall; Gréât lord of ail things. yet a prey to ail: Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory,... | |
 | Barbara Ellen Bowe - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2003 - 242 pages
...little or too much: Chaos of thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'tl, or tlisabus'd; Created half to rise and half to fall; Great Lord...endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!1 Pope's poem captures well the ambiguities that we experience in our quest for authentic living.... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - Enlightenment - 2003 - 496 pages
...10 Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much: Chaos ofThought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd,...disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall; 1 5 Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge ofTruth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory,... | |
 | Royal Historical Society - Business & Economics - 2003 - 516 pages
...beings suspended between the divine and the animal, a predicament at once laughable and lamentable, Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all. Darwin, by contrast, painted a wholly optimistic, naturalistic and thisworldly picture, grounded on... | |
 | Gay Courter, Pat Gaudette - Family & Relationships - 2003 - 292 pages
...Facing Serious lssues Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world... | |
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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! 
