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An Essay on Man
An Essay on Man
Author: Alexander Pope
Voltaire called it "the most sublime didactic poem ever written in any language." Rousseau rhapsodized about its intellectual consolations. Kant recited long passages of it from memory during his lectures. And Adam Smith and David Hume drew inspiration from it in their writings. This was Alexander Pope's Essay on Man (1733-34), a masterpiece of ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691159812
ISBN-10: 0691159815
Publication Date: 6/28/2016
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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