 | Mary Midgley - Philosophy, British - 2005 - 430 pages
...body to prefer, Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ... 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 hurled, The glory, jest and riddle of the world: (Essay on Man, Epistle 2, 3-1 8) What... | |
 | Cambridge International Examinations - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2005 - 272 pages
...passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; 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 hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! scan) measure, contemplate isthmus]... | |
 | George Douglas Atkins - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 196 pages
...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! (2.1— 18)'° The contrast and balance... | |
 | William David Shaw, Professor W David Shaw - Philosophy - 2005 - 316 pages
...Milton's Adam and Eve on just such a horse and thinks it wisdom. 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 hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! An £M«V on Man, 2.15-18 As a sophist... | |
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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! 
