Know thyself advised Gurus, Masters and avatars who changed the life of ours

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Know Then Thyself -alexander pope


Know Then Thyself

by Alexander Pope

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 and body to prefer;
Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err;
Alike in ignorance, his reason such,
Whether he thinks to 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.

Labels:

1 Comments:

Blogger Priyottamanand Mauli / प्रियोत्तम माऊली said...

To know thy-self, one can find good books in Marathi on http//www.priyottamanand.org and English book "Know Thy-Self" by G.k. Pradhan

October 19, 2008 at 8:53 AM  

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home