ESJ
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About ESJ
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:
With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side,
With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride,
He hangs between;
in doubt to act, or rest;
In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast;
In doubt his mind or body to prefer;
Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err;
Alike in ignorance,
his reason such,
Whether he thinks too little,
or too much;
Chaos of Thought and Passion,
all confus'd;
Still by himself,
abus'd or disabus'd;
Created half to rise and half to fall;
Great Lord of all things,
yet a prey to all,
Sole judge of truth,
in endless error hurl'd;
The glory,
jest and riddle of the world.
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:
With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side,
With too much weakness for the ...