First Yale edition. Edited and prefaced by Brack. Bound in blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Includes "Letter to the Gentleman's Magazine on the Controversy between Warburton and Crousaz on Pope's Essay on Man," and "Review of Soame Jenyns, A Free Inauiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil." 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches. 441 pages plus 56 pages of prefatory material.

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Title

A Commentary on Mr. Pope's Principles of Morality, Or Essay on Man (A Translation from the French)

Publisher

Yale, New Haven

Publication Date

2004

Language

English

ISBN 10

0300092709

ISBN 13

9780300092707

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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Synopsis

The first scholarly edition of Samuel Johnson’s translation of Jean-Pierre de Crousaz’s commentary on An Essay on Man

In 1736, Jean-Pierre de Crousaz published his Commentaire sur la traduction en vers de M. Abb� Du Resnel, de l’Essai de M. Pope sur l’homme, a critique of Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man. In 1739, Samuel Johnson published his translation of the critique. This volume, the first scholarly edition of Johnson’s translation, includes historical annotations and notes on Johnson’s method of translation. Also included are several lengthy footnotes that Johnson added to his translation, which provide his thoughts on evil—particularly the ruling passion and the necessity of free will. Many of the ideas first expressed here would occupy Johnson for the remainder of his life.

About the Author

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) was a poet, essayist, biographer, and editor. O. M. Brack, Jr., is professor, Department of English, Arizona State University.

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