The Project Gutenberg e-Book of The Temple of Nature; Author: Erasmus Darwin

About this eBook

Author

Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802

Title

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

Credits

Produced by Steven Gibbs, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Cosmology -- Poetry

Category

Text

eBook-No.

26861

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26861

Release Date

October 9, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE TEMPLE OF NATURE; OR, THE ORIGIN OF SOCIETY. — THE TEMPLE OF NATURE; OR, THE ORIGIN OF SOCIETY:
2. 2.ERASMUS DARWIN, M.D. F.R.S. — PREFACE. — ORIGIN OF SOCIETY. CANTO I. PRODUCTION OF LIFE. — CONTENTS. — CANTO I. PRODUCTION OF LIFE. — ORIGIN OF SOCIETY. CANTO II. REPRODUCTION OF LIFE. — CONTENTS. — CANTO II. REPRODUCTION OF LIFE. — ORIGIN OF SOCIETY. CANTO III. PROGRESS OF THE MIND. — CONTENTS. — CANTO III. PROGRESS OF THE MIND. — ORIGIN OF SOCIETY. CANTO IV. OF GOOD AND EVIL. — CONTENTS. — CANTO IV. OF GOOD AND EVIL. — CONTENTS OF THE NOTES. — ADDITIONAL NOTES. — ADDITIONAL NOTES. SPONTANEOUS VITALITY OF MICROSCOPIC ANIMALS. — ADDITIONAL NOTES. II. THE FACULTIES OF THE SENSORIUM. — ADDITIONAL NOTES. III. — ADDITIONAL NOTES. IV. — ADDITIONAL NOTE. V. AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS. — ADDITIONAL NOTE. VI. HIEROGLYPHIC CHARACTERS. — ADDITIONAL NOTE. VII. OLD AGE AND DEATH. — ADDITIONAL NOTES. VIII. REPRODUCTION. — ADDITIONAL NOTES. IX. STORGE. — ADDITIONAL NOTES. X. EVE FROM ADAM'S RIB. — ADDITIONAL NOTES. XI. HEREDITARY DISEASES. — ADDITIONAL NOTES. XII. CHEMICAL THEORY OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM. — ADDITIONAL NOTES. XIII. ANALYSIS OF TASTE. — ADDITIONAL NOTES. XIV. THE THEORY AND STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE — ADDITIONAL NOTES. XV. ANALYSIS OF ARTICULATE SOUNDS. — CONTENTS OF THE ADDITIONAL NOTES. — Footnotes

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