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Eureka: a prose poem. New edition with line numbers, exploratory essay, and bibliographical guide by Richard P. Benton

In this remarkable prose-poem, master storyteller Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849) builds on known scientific truths to propound a universe governed by the immutable laws of attraction and repulsion, i.e., expansion and a return to unity. The irascible, vindicative God of the Old Testament and the Deists' Master Clockmaker are routed by Poe's pantheistic World Spirit who, through the force of expansion, is diffused throughout his creation. Moreover, we human beings are all part of this universal spirit and each of us is his own god. The end result of our being is not eternal torment but a return to the primal unity.

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  • "In this remarkable prose-poem, master storyteller Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849) builds on known scientific truths to propound a universe governed by the immutable laws of attraction and repulsion, i.e., expansion and a return to unity. The irascible, vindicative God of the Old Testament and the Deists' Master Clockmaker are routed by Poe's pantheistic World Spirit who, through the force of expansion, is diffused throughout his creation. Moreover, we human beings are all part of this universal spirit and each of us is his own god. The end result of our being is not eternal torment but a return to the primal unity."
  • "In this remarkable prose-poem, master storyteller Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849) builds on known scientific truths to propound a universe governed by the immutable laws of attraction and repulsion, i.e., expansion and a return to unity. The irascible, vindicative God of the Old Testament and the Deists' Master Clockmaker are routed by Poe's pantheistic World Spirit who, through the force of expansion, is diffused throughout his creation. Moreover, we human beings are all part of this universal spirit and each of us is his own god. The end result of our being is not eternal torment but a return to the primal unity."@en

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  • "Eureka: a prose poem. New edition with line numbers, exploratory essay, and bibliographical guide by Richard P. Benton"@en
  • "Eureka: A Prose Poem"
  • "Eureka: A Prose Poem"@en
  • "Eureka a prose poem.New ed. with line numbers,exploratory essay,and bibliographical guide"
  • "Eureka: a prose poem. (An essay on the material and spiritual universe.)"@en
  • "Eureka a prose poem"
  • "Eureka a prose poem"@en
  • "Eureka, a prose poem, by Edgar A. Poe"
  • "Eureka : a prose poem ; with line numbers, exploratory essay, and bibliogr. guide"
  • "Eureka : a prose poem"@en
  • "Eureka : a prose poem"
  • "Eureka: a prose poem"
  • "Eureka: a prose poem ... new edition with line numbers explanatory essay, and bibliographical guide by Richard, P. Benton"@en

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