 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,...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - 第 261 頁Alexander Pope 著 - 1853完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Thomas DiPiero - 2002 - 356 頁
...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, He hangs...or rest: In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast. 125 If the Great Chain of Being unites the most debased with the infinitely powerful and wise, and... | |
 | Alain Bony - 2002 - 256 頁
...and rudely gréât: With too much knowledge for thé Sceptic side, With too much weakness for thé 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 Boby to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance,... | |
 | Arthur Paterson Lee - 2001 - 332 頁
...7:19,24). Pope's Essay on Man (Epistle II, l.) graphically expresses the poignancy of the paradox: 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 to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 496 頁
...Man (1733-34) Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly...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; 10 Alike in ignorance,... | |
 | Carmel Mothersill, Brian Austin - 2003 - 530 頁
...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, He hangs...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; Alike in ignorance,... | |
 | Barbara Ellen Bowe - 2003 - 242 頁
...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, He hangs...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,... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 494 頁
...this isthmus ol a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great; With too much knowledge lor the Sceptic side, 5 With too much weakness for the...between; in doubt to act, or rest. In doubt to deem himsell a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'ning but to... | |
 | Lawrence Rosen - 2002 - 249 頁
...alone, the latter being a crucial issue in the West, such that Alexander Pope could write of humankind: "He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast." 19. See Hallaq 1990. 20. Izutsu 1966, 132. 21. The translation ofzann as "surmise" is taken from Arberry... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2004 - 600 頁
...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; He hangs...or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer . . . The static Chain of Being in mind, Pope viewed humans suspended... | |
 | Cambridge International Examinations - 2005 - 272 頁
...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, He hangs...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,... | |
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