A return to Pope?

In reading Kierkegaard's Either/Or, I noticed a simple fact he tries to make: That outer beauty and the aesthetic falters in comparison to the ethical and the moral. He emphasizes that true importance comes in making the right choices. Kierkegaard also stresses that those who focus on the aesthetic are prevented from making significant choices. While the aesthetic offers a wider variety of choices, the ethical choices are those that make the biggest impact. This reminds me of Pope's Rape of the Lock. One of Pope's underlying themes is also the emphasis of wisdom over vanity. Both Kierkegaard and Pope stress the dominance of the inward qualities of existance compared to the outside qualities. Wisdom trumps beauty. Morality conquers the Aesthetic. These documents were written 100 years apart, yet they hold similiar ideas and themes. What I take from that fact is the importance of it in every generation. Look at modern society. Take a glance of what is important in today's world. The highlight of pop culture today is how much skin is shown, because the outward appearance is what we love! Yet, I'm waiting for the next Pope or the next Kierkegaard to show people what is truly important.
Josh Goldman. :)