Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Alexander Pope Epigram "Know Then Thyself"

"Know then thyself, presume not God to Scan

The proper study of mankind is man"

--Alexander Pope


I.


gnosce igitur tēt(ē) ipse/a, deōs perpendere nōlī;

na(m) in mortālia nōs incubuisse decet.


II.

gnosce igitur tēt(ē) ipse/a, deōs perpendere nōlī;

hūmānīs oper(am) est cūra dedisse tua


III.


omnes nōscant; mittantque deīs studuisse; hūmānīs dar(e) opus't, uōs, hominēs, operam.


IV.


omnes se noscant; parcantque deīs studuisse;

indāgār(e) homines est opus apt(um) homini.


V.

gnosce ergō tēt(ē) atqu(e) ad caelicolās ne tendas

hūmānō generī tē studuisse decet.


VI.


te gnoscas ips(e)/(a), ad caelestia tendere nolis/mitte/omitte

rebus humanis/ in res humanas incubuisse decet/te studuisse decet