LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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The proper study of mankind in man. This line is taken from the work of:
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Wordsworth
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Pope
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Swift
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Thomson
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -"The proper study of mankind, is man.” Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
Detailed explanation-2: -Pope argues that humanity should make a study of itself, and not debase the spiritual essence of the world with earthly science, since the two are diametrically opposed to one another: man should “presume not God to scan".
Detailed explanation-3: -Pope explains that human beings cannot come to fully understand their purpose in life by using only their mental faculties. Although humanity is at the top of the fixed hierarchy of the natural world, there are many things we cannot know, and so we must not attempt to become godlike.
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