Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to Happiness
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"Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to Happiness" is the fourth epistle of Alexander Pope’s philosophical poem *An Essay on Man*, exploring human nature and the pursuit of happiness within a divinely ordered universe.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| On Man and His Well-Being | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
philosophical poem
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poem epistle ⓘ |
| argumentType | didactic and moral argument in verse ⓘ |
| author | Alexander Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralQuestion | how true happiness is possible for human beings ⓘ |
| claimsAboutHappiness |
happiness depends on accepting the divine order
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happiness is not found in external goods alone ⓘ true happiness is aligned with virtue ⓘ |
| componentOfSeries | four-epistle structure of An Essay on Man ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epistleNumber | fourth epistle ⓘ |
| form | verse epistle ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
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philosophical poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCanonStatus | major component of Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Man ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
antithesis
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aphorism ⓘ heroic couplet wit ⓘ rhetorical question ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Neoclassicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | heroic couplets ⓘ |
| originalPublicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| partOf | An Essay on Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext |
Enlightenment thought
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natural theology ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Christian moral teaching
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Stoic ethics ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to Himself, as an Individual
NERFINISHED
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Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to the Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christian theism ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | rhymed iambic pentameter couplets ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
eighteenth-century English literature courses
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history of philosophy and literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
divine providence
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human happiness ⓘ human nature ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ the place of man in the universe ⓘ the pursuit of happiness ⓘ theodicy ⓘ |
| workFocus | placing human happiness within a divinely ordered universe ⓘ |
| workStructure | epistle in verse addressed to a correspondent ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
On Man and His Well-Being