Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man

Enlightenment Era Writers, Responses to the Problem of Evil & the Problem of Pain

First published in 1733, Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man became an international best-seller, appearing in over a hundred editions in eighteen languages across Europe. Pope’s response to the problem of evil in this poem relies heavily on the thought of ancient Greco-Roman philosophers (with an emphasis on Stoic and Plotinian thought), as well as medieval Christian theologians […]

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