An Essay on Man is a philosophical poem in heroic couplet addressing to Lord Bolingbroke by Alexander Pope. In this long poem, Pope discusses man’s nature and state from four perspectives: universe, society, himself as an individual and happi⁃ness. His philosophical ideas embodied in it are actually deistic, which are popular in the 18th century.%《论人》是亚历山大·蒲伯献给博林布鲁克男爵的一首用英雄双韵体写成的哲理诗。在这首长诗中,蒲伯从宇宙、社会、个体和幸福四个角度论述了人的属性和地位,其中包含的哲学思想是18世纪盛行的自然神论的观点。
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