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Divine Plan & Fatalism. Do-Now. Everything that exists plays a role in the divine plan . Do you believe in the above statement? Why, or why not? What is mankind’s role or purpose within this divine plan? What is mankind’s place within the cosmos?. Thur , Feb. 27, 2014. the Enlightenment.
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Divine Plan & Fatalism Do-Now Everything that exists plays a role in the divine plan. Do you believe in the above statement? Why, or why not? What is mankind’s role or purpose within this divine plan? What is mankind’s place within the cosmos? Thur, Feb. 27, 2014
the Enlightenment AGENDA • Review: Past Readings (Mon/Tue) • Unit Overview: The Enlightenment (continued) • Mini-Lesson: Alexander Pope • Reading: Essay on Man (Epistle I & II) HOMEWORK • Complete Reading: Essay on Man(Epistle I & II) • Worksheet: Essay on Man: Abridged Edition (Epistle I & II) Thur, Feb. 27, 2014
the Enlightenment UNIT ESSAY: Analyze and evaluate one or more Enlightenment text. Rousseau Wollstonecraft Swift Voltaire Bentham Equiano Pope
the Enlightenment
Alexander Pope Alexander Pope (TBD—TBD) Pope’s Essay on Man (1732, 1733, 1744) • popularized, more than any other work, the optimistic philosophy, that God created a world that is the best of all possible worlds • a rationalistic effort to justify the ways of God to man philosophically • hailed as superior work of poetry by enlightened thinkers • “The Essay on Man appears to me to be the most beautiful didactic poem, the most useful, the most sublime that has ever been composed in any language.” (Voltaire)
Say first, of God above or Man below What can we reason but from what we know?
Say first, of God above or Man below What can we reason but from what we know? Then say not man's imperfect, Heav'n in fault; Say rather man's as perfect as he ought;