 As Eastern priests in giddy circles run, And turn their heads to imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool!  La Belle Assemblée - Page 301808Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...good, first perfect, and first fair ; Or tread the mazy round his followers trod, And quitting sense nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'd в NEWTON as we show an ape. Could... | |
 | Martyn Paine - 1840 - 830 pages
...and is allied to that Great First Cause who established the laws upon which the particulars depend. u Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, Aod show'da Newton as wo show an ape." — Pope.... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1993 - 836 pages
...of CL to Darwin'. It is printed in Wilson ed. 1970, pp. 382-3. 2 Pope 1 7 33 4, Epistle II: 3 1 -4: Superior Beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law, Adinir'd such Wisdom in an earthy Shape, And show'da Newton as we show an Ape See letter... | |
 | Michael J. Crowe - 1986 - 708 pages
...sparrow fall, Atoms or system into ruin hurl'd And now a bubble burst, and now a world. (I, lines 87-90) Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an Ape. (II, lines... | |
 | Stephen Jay Gould - 1985 - 484 pages
...from his Essay on Man (while praising Isaac Newton as a paragon of earthly wisdom at the same time): Superior beings, when of late they saw, A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape And show'da Newton as we show an ape. Pope only... | |
 | Alan J. Friedman, Carol C. Donley - 1989 - 244 pages
...air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun . . . Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule Then drop into thyself, and be a fool!15 Pope's satire belongs to the Age of Reason, and it was a rational protest against unbalanced... | |
 | Detmar Doering - 1990 - 330 pages
...dieser Aufgabe sehr bewußt, als er in seinem 1734 erschienenen Essay on Man diese Zeilen schrieb: "Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And showed a Newton äs we show an ape. Could... | |
 | Otfried Schütz - 1993 - 512 pages
...dieser Aufgabe sehr bewußt, als er in seinem 1734 erschienenen Essay on Man diese Zeilen schrieb: "Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And showed a Newton äs we show an ape. Could... | |
 | William Gerber - 1994 - 312 pages
...prey to all: Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! Ambivalence in evaluating the human condition is seen too in Rousseau's declaration, part of his Profession... | |
 | Immanuel Kant - 1994 - 252 pages
...way of human reason. Yet nevertheless who will never be able to avoid frequent error, as Pope has it: Go teach eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself and be a fool 36 tocrbcn, ift allem Slnfcljcii mia) eine ber daterie eigene ©runbfraft, barf alio unb fann nidjt... | |
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