Temple of Nature
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Temple of Nature is a didactic philosophical poem by Erasmus Darwin that explores the origins and development of life through early evolutionary ideas.
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| instanceOf |
English poem
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didactic poem → philosophical poem → |
| author |
Erasmus Darwin
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| creator |
Erasmus Darwin
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| explores |
cosmic and biological origins
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gradual transformation of living forms → progress of civilization → relationship between science and religion → |
| genre |
didactic poetry
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philosophical poetry → |
| hasPart |
introductory material
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poetic cantos → |
| hasPerspective |
materialist view of nature
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progressivist view of history and life → |
| hasTheme |
emergence of complexity in nature
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interconnectedness of life → moral and social progress linked to natural progress → progressive view of nature → |
| influencedBy |
18th-century natural history
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Enlightenment science → natural theology debates → |
| language |
English
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| literaryForm |
poem
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| literaryPeriod |
Georgian era
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| literaryTradition |
didactic scientific poetry
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| movement |
Enlightenment literature
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proto-evolutionary thought → |
| notableFor |
early evolutionary speculation
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influence on later evolutionary discourse → integration of poetry and scientific ideas → |
| originalLanguage |
English
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| period |
late 18th century
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| relatedWork |
The Botanic Garden
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Zoonomia → |
| subject |
development of life
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evolutionary ideas → natural history → origins of life → philosophy of nature → science and poetry → |
Referenced by (2)
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Erasmus Darwin
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notableWork |
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Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life
("The Temple of Nature")
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relatedWork |