The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical NotesGood Press, 22 Νοε 2019 - 259 σελίδες "The Temple of Nature, or, the Origin of Society," is a book by Erasmus Darwin, the forgotten grandfather of the prominent scientist Charles Darwin. Charles played down his paternal grandfather's importance as a forerunner to the theory of evolution, but the rediscovered works of Erasmus now excite considerable interest among scientists. Erasmus believed that it was not only life that had developed from a simple original condition into more and more complicated organisms, but the whole universe had, through self-organizing processes, developed from formless chaos into the cosmos we now live in. Human progress should also be seen as a part of this universal tendency toward perfection. |
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ORIGIN OF SOCIETY CANTO I PRODUCTION OF LIFE | |
ORIGIN OF SOCIETY CANTO III PROGRESS OF THE MIND | |
ORIGIN OF SOCIETY CANTO IV OF GOOD AND EVIL | |
By firm immutable immortal laws | |
ADDITIONAL NOTES | |
Nature with the origin and progress of society are believed | |
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accumulated acquired action Additional Note animalcules appear appulses association atmosphere attraction Back to Canto Beauty become beneath blood bodies bosom bright charm Charm'd chemical chemical affinity colours combined conductor contraction earth eggs electric ethers electrised embryon enamour'd excited exertion existence eyes female fibres flowers fluid glass greater heat Hence hereditary diseases hermaphrodite ideas insects irritation kinds lacteals language larva larynx light Linneus lips living magnetic microscopic animals motions Nature's nonconductors nouns nouns substantive novelty o'er organic matter organs of sense oxygen pain particles pass perpetual pleasure polypus possess probably produced progeny propagated quadrupeds quantity repel repetition repulsion resinous ether rise round Sect sensation sensorial power sensorium sexual sexual reproduction sibilant smiles soft solitary reproduction sonisibilant sounds spontaneous vitality stimulus STORGE sublime supposed surface sweet tænia Taste termed trains vegetable verb vitreous ether viviparous volition volvox Vorticella warm waves whence wings words young Zoonomia