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人間論 (にんげんろん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

人にん間げん論ろん

Meanings

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noun

An Essay on Man (poem by Alexander Pope)

work of art, literature, music, etc.

Title of a philosophical poem by Alexander Pope. Used as a proper noun referring to the work.

アレクサンダー・ポープの『人にん間げん論ろん』は18世せい紀きのイギリス文ぶん学がくの重じゅう要ような作さく品ひんです。
Alexander Pope's 'An Essay on Man' is an important work of 18th-century English literature.

Kanji

人person
間interval, space
論argument, discourse

Etymology

Compound of 人間 (ningen, 'human being') + 論 (ron, 'theory, essay'). The title is a direct translation of the English 'An Essay on Man'.