 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.  Critical works - Pàgina 256per Richard Hurd - 1811Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | David C. Lindberg, Roy Porter, Ronald L. Numbers - 2003 - 956 pàgines
...another famous line in his philosophical poem An Essay on Man (1733), where he extended the analogy: Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man...earthly shape, And shew'da NEWTON as we shew an Ape (2. 31-34). A century later Charles Lamb (1775-1834), not the most celebrated commentator on the past... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 496 pàgines
...to imitate the Sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule; Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! 30 Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man...law, Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an Ape. Could he, whose rules the rapid Comet bind, 35 Describe, or fix one... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 320 pàgines
...entertainment, as it seems a mimicking of their own sublime amusements. Hence Pope says of the latter, Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admir'd such wisdom in a human shape, And shew 'da Newton, as we shew an ape. On Winter. Tis done! dread Winter spreads his... | |
 | Sharan Newman - 2005 - 356 pàgines
...unequivocal. After Newton's death, Pope included him in his bitter poem on humankind. Superior heings, when of late they saw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's...an earthly shape And shew'da NEWTON as we shew an Ape.17 185 Could Newton have been the head of a secret society? Perhaps, but not one that wasn't based... | |
 | Tino Markworth - 2005 - 206 pàgines
...Marion Heinz: "Die Bestimmung des Menschen". 281. 214 HB I, 141. Vgl. Alexander Popes Essay on Man: "Superior beings, when of late they saw / A mortal Man unfold all Nature's law, / Admir'd such a wisdom in an earthly shape, / And shew'da Newton as we shew an Ape." (Alexander Pope: An Essay on... | |
 | David Semple - 2005 - 988 pàgines
...the Sun Go. teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule Then drop into thyself, and be a fool Superior being, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape And showed a Newton as we show an Ape Could he, whose rules... | |
 | Frank Palmeri - 2006 - 256 pàgines
...Gulliver, and of Pope's mild challenge to anthropocentrism: "Superior beings when of late they saw/Amortal man unfold all Nature's law, / Admir'd such wisdom...earthly shape, / And shew'da NEWTON as we shew an Ape."37 Whereas ascending the Great Chain of Being is a crime against Nature, imagining the view from... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 pàgines
...to imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, Admir'd such wisdom in a earthly shape, And shew'da NEWTON as we shew an Ape. Describe or fix one movement of his Mind? Who... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1879 - 451 pàgines
...may be, and what, in this respect, is the general condition of mankind on the subject of knowledge : "Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, A nd showed a Newton as we show an ape." After all, how limited... | |
 | Pat Rogers - 2007
...beginning of the second epistle of Pope's Essay on Man, in a passage that evokes the chain of being: Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man...earthly shape, And shew'da NEWTON as we shew an Ape. These lines posit a relationship that at first suggests an orderly hierarchy from apes to humans to... | |
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