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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wilmot, John; Earl of Rochester

Attribution: Earl Rochester

Date(s): 1674 or 1675

Manuscript: Lt 48

Contents: The opening of Rochester's "Satire against mankind", criticising man for

relying on reason (which leads him astray) instead of instinct

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wilmot, John ; Earl of Rochester

Date(s): 1674 or 1675

Manuscript: Lt 48

Contents: On man's happiness being destroyed by pride and dependence on reason; an

extract from Rochester's "Satire against mankind".

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Title: A satyr on man

Author: Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester

Date(s): 1674

Manuscript: Lt q 51

Contents: Satire on man's proximity to animals, and his happiness being destroyed by pride and dependence on reason rather than instinct

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Title: Man

Author: Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester

Date(s): 1674

Manuscript: Lt 110

Contents: On how man's happiness is destroyed by pride and by his dependence on reason rather than instinct; extract from Rochester's "Satire against mankind".

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Title: A satire on man

Author: Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester

Date(s): 1764 or 1765

Manuscript: Lt 110

Contents: Satire on man's proximity to animals, and his happiness being destroyed by pride and dependence on reason rather than instinct

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