Late in this work, the author asks if burning Etna will forget to thunder and recall her fires at the demand of a sage.
Late in this work, the author asks if burning Etna will forget to thunder and recall her fires at the demand of a sage. In the Design section that opens this work, the author introduces a recurring theme by promising that he will steer "betwixt the extremes of doctrines seemingly opposite." It was notably attacked by Swiss theologian Jean-Pierre de Crousaz and it was encouraged by Lord Bolingbroke, whose name appears in its address. Its main text discusses the titular concept with respect to the universe and with respect to happiness, which is the last of its four epistles. FTP, name this deist work which talks of vindicating the ways of God, one of two big essays by Alexander Pope, the other of which is "on Criticism."
Late in this work, the author asks if burning Etna will forget to thunder and recall her fires at the demand of a sage.
An {Essay on Man}