An Essay on Man. Moral Essays and Satires. by Alexander Pope

An Essay on Man. Moral Essays and Satires.

Alexander Pope

128 pages first pub 1734 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy poetry tense slow-paced
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An Essay on Man is a poem published by Alexander Pope in 1733-1734. It is an effort to rationalize or rather "vindicate the ways of God to man" (l.16), a variation of John Milton's claim in the opening lines of Paradise Lost, that he will "justify...

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