An Essay on Man: Moral Essays and Satires

An Essay on Man: Moral Essays and Satires

by Alexander Pope
An Essay on Man: Moral Essays and Satires

An Essay on Man: Moral Essays and Satires

by Alexander Pope

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The science of Human Nature is, like all other sciences, reduced to a few clear points: there are not many certain truths in this world. It is therefore in the anatomy of the Mind as in that of the Body; more good will accrue to mankind by attending to the large, open, and perceptible parts, than by studying too much such finer nerves and vessels, the conformations and uses of which will for ever escape our observation. The disputes are all upon these last, and, I will venture to say, they have less sharpened the wits than the hearts of men against each other, and have diminished the practice more than advanced the theory of Morality. If I could flatter myself that this Essay has any merit, it is in steering betwixt the extremes of doctrines seemingly opposite, in passing over terms utterly unintelligible, and in forming a temperate yet not inconsistent, and a short yet not imperfect system of Ethics.

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ISBN-13: 9781442935075
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
Publication date: 07/16/2009
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 456 KB

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