Project Gutenberg 2008-10-09 Public domain in the USA. 298 Darwin, Erasmus 1731 1802 The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical Notes Reading ease score: 45.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Steven Gibbs, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical Notes" by Erasmus Darwin is a philosophical poem written in the early 19th century. This work explores themes surrounding the origins of life and society, intertwining natural phenomena with mythological and philosophical elements. It uses a poetic structure to delve into the progression of life and love, examining how they form the foundation of human society. At the start of the poem, the author invokes the muse, setting the tone for a grand exploration of life's creation and its inherent connections. The text presents a vivid depiction of Eden and the initial state of humanity with Adam and Eve, highlighting pleasures, societal structures, and the natural world. The invocation of Nature as a deity suggests a profound respect for life, while contrasting the joys of existence with the inevitability of suffering and mortality. The opening acts as a philosophical meditation on life's cyclical nature and the interconnectedness of all living beings, setting the stage for further exploration in the subsequent cantos. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Life -- Origin -- Poetry Cosmology -- Poetry PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Poetry 600428 599788 2024-10-11T12:02:24.064339 2023-09-12T05:05:02.583670 text/html text/html 596226 2008-10-09T16:55:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 191166 2008-10-09T16:55:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 299625 2024-10-11T12:02:41.207255 application/epub+zip 306098 2024-10-11T12:02:30.790314 application/epub+zip 272857 2024-10-11T12:02:27.692317 application/epub+zip 645855 2024-10-11T12:02:46.733225 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 592523 2024-10-11T12:02:38.163290 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 478259 2022-09-12T11:41:42.205747 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513805 513699 2024-10-11T12:02:22.185395 2023-09-12T05:05:00.946614 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 513554 2008-10-09T16:55:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 177044 2008-10-09T16:55:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 513591 2008-10-09T16:55:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 176988 2008-10-09T16:55:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21617 2024-10-11T12:02:46.880330 application/rdf+xml 24127 2024-10-11T12:02:28.772358 image/jpeg 4582 2024-10-11T12:02:28.419317 image/jpeg 284941 2024-10-11T12:02:24.112357 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia