1. #06 Nancy Mr. de Groof ALEXANDER POPE’S “ESSAY ON MAN”

2. ALEXANDER POPE

3.  18 TH century English poet  essayist, critic, and satirist  Influenced by Enlightenment  Published Ode to Solitude when he was 12  1712, The Rape of the Lock  1713, translated Homer’s Iliad LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE

4.  Published between 1732-1734  Shortened version (not capable to complete the longer version)  Purpose: justify  Contains 4 epistles  The world is perfect production by God “AN ESSAY ON MAN”

7.  Relationship between man and the universe  Harmony  Human cannot understand everything  Human are God’s perfect creation  “Let us (since Life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man” 1 ST EPISTLE

8.  Human can achieve harmony by themselves “Presumptuous Man! the reason wouldst thou find, Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind! “  Human can never understand God “Respecting Man, whatever wrong we call, Nay, must be right, as relative to all. “  Emphasizes on self-loved and reason  Self-loved: short-term  Reason: long-term  “Ruling passion”  Explain why people have distinct behavior 2 ND EPISTLE

9.  Relationship between individual and society  Harmony between society and natural world  Everyone is part of the universe “Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state”  The world is constructed by those tiny pieces 3 RD EPISTLE

10.  People are able to spread their love to the world  Emphasizes the importance of happiness  Understanding the virtue and living in a balanced life  People will not try to criticize or judge others  Satisfied with their God-given position “Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine, Earth for whose use? Pride answers, "Tis for mine” 4 TH EPISTLE

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