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The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical NotesDarwin, Erasmus

Philosophy

The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical Notes

Name: The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical Notes
Author: Darwin, Erasmus

Darwin, Erasmus

Cosmology -- Poetry; Life -- Origin -- Poetry

Oxygen, and Hydrogen, and Azote.
Two electric Ethers.
Irritation.
Sensation.
Volition, Memory.
Intuitive Analogy.
Association.
Armour of Brutes.
Of the Human Hand.
Perception of Figure.
Sight the Language of the Touch.
Surprise, Novelty, Curiosity.
The Lips an Organ of Touch.
Ideal Beauty.
Two Deities of Love.
Idea of Beauty from the Female Bosom.
Taste for Sublimity.
Poetic Melancholy.
Taste for Tragedy.
Taste for uncultivated Nature.
Accumulation of sensorial Power.
Imitation described.
Imitation of one Sense by another.
Mimickry or Resemblance.
The Parts of the System imitate each other.
External Signs of Passions.
Theory of Language.
Ideas so called are parts of a train of Actions.
Of Reason.
Reasoning of Insects.
Volition distinguishes Mankind.
If Knowledge produces Happiness.
Sympathy the source of Virtue.
Maxim of Socrates.


CANTO IV.

Oestrus or Gadfly.
Ichneumon fly.
Libellula.
Bees.
Shark.
Crocodile
Animals prey on Vegetables.
Defect of Stimulus.
Theatric Preachers.
Pleasure of Life, Ennui.
Of Tooth-edge.
Epidemic Complaints.
Compassion may be too great.
Doctrine of Atoms.
Pleasure of viewing a Landscape.
Pleasure from Music.
Ancient Orators spoke disrespectfully of the mechanic
      Philosophers.
Influence of Printing.
Associated ideas of three Classes.
Wit defined.
Surprising number of Seeds.
Of the Aphis, its Numbers.
Aphis drinks the Sap-juice.
The Mutation of the Tadpole.
Animation near the Surface of the Earth.
All dead animal and vegetable Bodies become animated.
Doctrine of St. Paul.
Happiness increased.
Doctrine of Pythagoras.
Geology.
Method of investigation of Organic happiness.
Organic Life increases.




ADDITIONAL NOTES.




ADDITIONAL NOTES.

SPONTANEOUS VITALITY OF MICROSCOPIC ANIMALS.

  Hence without parent by spontaneous birth
  Rise the first specks of animated earth.
                                        CANTO I. l. 227.


_Prejudices against this doctrine._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical NotesDarwin, Erasmus

Philosophy

The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical Notes

Darwin, Erasmus

Cosmology -- Poetry; Life -- Origin -- Poetry

Oxygen, and Hydrogen, and Azote.
Two electric Ethers.
Irritation.
Sensation.
Volition, Memory.
Intuitive Analogy.
Association.
Armour of Brutes.
Of the Human Hand.
Perception of Figure.
Sight the Language of the Touch.
Surprise, Novelty, Curiosity.
The Lips an Organ of Touch.
Ideal Beauty.
Two Deities of Love.
Idea of Beauty from the Female Bosom.
Taste for Sublimity.
Poetic Melancholy.
Taste for Tragedy.
Taste for uncultivated Nature.
Accumulation of sensorial Power.
Imitation described.
Imitation of one Sense by another.
Mimickry or Resemblance.
The Parts of the System imitate each other.
External Signs of Passions.
Theory of Language.
Ideas so called are parts of a train of Actions.
Of Reason.
Reasoning of Insects.
Volition distinguishes Mankind.
If Knowledge produces Happiness.
Sympathy the source of Virtue.
Maxim of Socrates.


CANTO IV.

Oestrus or Gadfly.
Ichneumon fly.
Libellula.
Bees.
Shark.
Crocodile
Animals prey on Vegetables.
Defect of Stimulus.
Theatric Preachers.
Pleasure of Life, Ennui.
Of Tooth-edge.
Epidemic Complaints.
Compassion may be too great.
Doctrine of Atoms.
Pleasure of viewing a Landscape.
Pleasure from Music.
Ancient Orators spoke disrespectfully of the mechanic
      Philosophers.
Influence of Printing.
Associated ideas of three Classes.
Wit defined.
Surprising number of Seeds.
Of the Aphis, its Numbers.
Aphis drinks the Sap-juice.
The Mutation of the Tadpole.
Animation near the Surface of the Earth.
All dead animal and vegetable Bodies become animated.
Doctrine of St. Paul.
Happiness increased.
Doctrine of Pythagoras.
Geology.
Method of investigation of Organic happiness.
Organic Life increases.




ADDITIONAL NOTES.




ADDITIONAL NOTES.

SPONTANEOUS VITALITY OF MICROSCOPIC ANIMALS.

  Hence without parent by spontaneous birth
  Rise the first specks of animated earth.
                                        CANTO I. l. 227.


_Prejudices against this doctrine._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical Notes

The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical Notes

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