In a prime example of the Great Chain of Being, this poem characterizes its four elements in corresponding epistles, relating man to the universe, to himself, to society, and to happiness. Loosely bas
In a prime example of the Great Chain of Being, this poem characterizes its four elements in corresponding epistles, relating man to the universe, to himself, to society, and to happiness. Loosely based on the deistic philosophy of Leibnitz, this poem, addressed to Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke, attempts to "vindicate the ways of God to man" and declares that "whatever is, is right." Written in heroic couplets, FTP, identify this long poem, one of the best-known works of Alexander Pope.
In a prime example of the Great Chain of Being, this poem characterizes its four elements in corresponding epistles, relating man to the universe, to himself, to society, and to happiness.
An {Essay on Man}