Chapter 3 Flashcards
How does Pope talk about God at the beginning of Epistle 1?
He says we must start with man first, and “tis ours to trace Him only in our own.”
At the end of Epistle 1, part 2, Pope says not to describe man as imperfect but rather as what?
He says rather to describe man as “as perfect as he ought to be.”
In Epistle 1, part 3, how does Pope describe the “poor Indian”?
He says that despite his untutored mind, he sees God in nature, e.g., in the clouds and wind.
In Epistle 4, what does Pope say is our end and aim?
happiness
At the end of Epistle 4, what is the orientation of man’s knowledge, according to Pope?
He says that human knowledge is oriented towards knowing oneself.
In the Enlightenment, what has become man’s idol?
man’s mind
By the time of the Enlightenment, because England was on the old Julian calendar, how many days’ difference was there between England’s calendar and France’s calendar?
France was 10 days ahead of England
Who was the member of Parliament who began the movement to reconcile the difference in the calendar?
Lord Chesterfield
What does the OS and NS mean in the dates of George Washington’s life that reflects this change in the calendar?
OS means Old Style, and NS means New Style
Who criticized Pope’s Essay on Man after the earthquake at Lisbon, Portugal?
the French philosopher Voltaire
Ode on Solitude is modeled after which Roman poet?
Horace
What is a tetrameter? What is a dimeter? What is an iambic foot? And what is a trochaic foot?
Tetrameter means there are four metrical feet per line, whereas dimeter means there are only two metrical feet per line. An iambic foot is a sequence of two syllables with the first unstressed and the second stressed. A trochaic foot is also a sequence of two syllables, but the first is stressed and the second is unstressed.
