Pope's comment that "Know, then, thyself, presume God not to scan;/The proper study of mankind is man" in his "Essay on Man" is indicative of all of the following EXCEPT______________?
Correct answer: D. a radical questioning of revealed religion
- A. his use of the heroic couplet.
- B. an Enlightenment focus on useful knowledge.
- C. a neoclassical emphasis on propriety and knowing limitations.
- D. a radical questioning of revealed religion
Explanation
The lines use Pope’s characteristic heroic couplet and express Enlightenment and neoclassical ideals of rational, useful knowledge and human limitation. They do not radically reject revealed religion, since Pope’s argument remains compatible with belief in divine order.
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