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An Essay on Criticism
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Podcasts that mention An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope
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Episode: Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar? (Replay) | No Stupid Questions | Episode 30
Published on January 13, 2023
the most famous version of this idea at least as far as I know comes from the British writer and satiris Alexander Pope who in his essay on criticism wrote a little learning is a dangerous thing drink deep or taste not the purion spring there shallow drafts intoxicate the brain and drinking largely sobers us again
Stephen Dubner mentions Alexander Pope and his essay, quoting a famous passage about 'a little learning'.
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