 | Bruno Barnhart - 1999 - 292 pages
...Whether he thinks 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 judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! ' The Pauline expression of this human... | |
 | Ellis Sandoz - 1999 - 253 pages
...Chaos of Thought and 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 judge of Truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest and riddle of the world.2 Government under such conditions was... | |
 | David L. Sills, Robert King Merton - 2000 - 466 pages
...of Thought and 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 judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! An Essay on Man (1733) 1950: Epistle... | |
 | Orson Scott Card - 2001 - 606 pages
...the boy understood any of what he spouted. Ta-DUM ta-DUM ta-DUM ta DUM ta-DUM. 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. Just as John was about to cry aloud,... | |
 | Michael Shermer - 2001 - 369 pages
...doubt his Mind or 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 judge of Truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest and riddle of the world. —Alexander Pope, "Essay on Man': CONTENTS... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 776 pages
...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 - 2000 - 772 pages
...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 - 2001 - 332 pages
...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 a 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... | |
 | Barbara Ellen Bowe - 2003 - 242 pages
...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 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!1 Pope's poem captures well the ambiguities... | |
 | Royal Historical Society - 2003 - 516 pages
...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... | |
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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! 
