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An Essay on Man
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A major poetic meditation on human nature, providence, reason, order, and moral limitation.
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An Essay on Man
An Essay on Man is Alexander Pope’s philosophical poem on humanity’s place in the universe, the limits of reason, moral order, and the relation between individual life and providence. This original English edition suits readers of Enlightenment poetry, philosophical literature, and eighteenth-century classics.
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Alexander Pope died in 1744, and An Essay on Man was published in 1733-1734. These dates support the public-domain basis for the original English text used in this edition.
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- 01Full text
- 02AN ESSAY ON MAN.
- 03TO H. ST. JOHN LORD BOLINGBROKE.
- 04THE DESIGN.
- 05ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE I.
- 06EPISTLE I.
- 07ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE II.
- 08EPISTLE II.
- 09ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE III.
- 10EPISTLE III.
- 11ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE IV.
- 12EPISTLE IV.
- 13Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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