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100 1 _aPope, Alexander,
_d1688-1744
245 1 3 _aAn Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2000
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Essay_on_Man
500 _aRelease date is 2000-12-01
508 _aTranscribed from the 1891 Cassell & Company edition by Les Bowler
520 _a"An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires" by Alexander Pope is a collection of philosophical poems published in 1733-1734. The central work attempts to "vindicate the ways of God to man," exploring humanity's place in the divine order and arguing that man must accept his position in creation's great chain. Written in heroic couplets, Pope's work popularized optimistic philosophy across Europe, though later thinkers like Voltaire satirized its central claim that "Whatever is, is right." The essays were conceived as part of a larger system of ethics expressed through poetry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEnglish poetry -- 18th century
700 1 _aMorley, Henry,
_d1822-1894
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2428
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