Pope: Essay on Man

These lines from Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Man" critique human presumption in questioning God's design. Pope argues that before humans criticize the "weakness, smallness, and blindness" of creation, they should consider why things aren't more imperfect. He implies that human understanding is limited, and they shouldn't expect to comprehend the full reasons behind the universe's design. 

My favorite Pope is from Essay on Man:

    Presumptuous man! The reason wouldst thou find.

     Why formed so weak, so little, so blind?

     First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess,

      Why form’d no weaker, no blinder, and no less.