Read the lines from An Essay on Man. Know, then, thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on
this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: These lines reflect which idea common during the Enlightenment. A. With too much knowledge for the sceptic side.
B. With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride.
C. Caesura enjambment blank verse open form free."
This essay by Pope is essentially related to the Enlightment ideals of knowledge and reason above all else. There is no need fo God because it is man´s duty to find answers, doubt and ask questions. Only man will know the answers to the questions of man.
