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An Essay on Man is a poem published by Alexander Pope in 1733-1734. It is an effort to rationalize or rather "vindicate the ways of God to man," a variation of John Milton's claim in the opening lines of Paradise Lost, that he will "justify the ways of God to men." It is concerned with the natural order God has decreed for man. Because man cannot know God's purposes, he cannot complain about his position in the Great Chain of Being and must accept that "Whatever IS, is RIGHT," a theme that was satirized by Voltaire in Candide (1759). More than any other work, it popularized optimistic...

An Essay on Man - Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope - An Essay on Man is a poem published by Alexander Pope in 1733-1734. It is an effort to rationalize or rather "vindicate the ways of God to man" (l.16), a variation of John Milton's claim in the opening lines of Paradise Lost, that he will "justify the ways of God to men" (1.26). It is concerned with the natural order God has decreed for man. Because man cannot know God's purposes, he cannot complain about his position in the Great Chain of Being (ll.33-34) and must accept that "Whatever IS, is RIGHT" (l.292), a theme that was...

La Boucle de cheveux enlevee (The Rape of the Lock) est un poeme narratif heroi-comique ecrit par Alexander Pope, d'abord publie anonymement en mai 1712 dans deux chants (334 lignes), puis revisees, etendues et reedite sous le nom de Pope le 2 mars 1714, dans une version tres elargie de 5-canto (794 lignes). La forme finale fut disponible en 1717 avec l'ajout de la parole Clarissa sur la bonne humeur. Le poeme est une petite querelle satirique par analogie avec le monde epique des dieux. Il est base sur un incident relate par l'ami de Pope, John Caryll. Arabella Fermor et son pretendant, Lord...