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The final section of this poem calls fame a mere "fancied life in others' breath" which attracts a crowd "of stupid starers and of loud huzzas." Its second section centers on the opposition between reason and passion, and claims that "what reason weaves, by passion is undone." Its first section implores the reader to emulate the unquestioning attitude of "the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind / Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind." Its fourth section argues that though it appears "virtue starves, while vice is fed," happiness only results when people realize that "whatever is, is right." Beginning "Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things / To low ambition and the pride of Kings," this poem consists of four epistles to Lord Bolingbroke, and claims "Know then thyself, presume not God to scan." For 10 points, name this didactic poem about the nature of human beings, written by Alexander Pope.
The final section of this poem calls fame a mere "fancied life in others' breath" which attracts a crowd "of stupid starers and of loud huzzas.
"An Essay on Man"