Menneskehetens rette studium er mennesket.
An Essay on Man (1733), 2.
The proper study of mankind is man.
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man.
Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state,
A being darkly wise, and rudely great:
With too much knowledge for the sceptic side,
With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride,