Project Gutenberg 2010-04-18 Public domain in the USA. 879 Poe, Edgar Allan 1809 1849 Poe, Edgar Allen Eureka: A Prose Poem Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka:_A_Prose_Poem Produced by Meredith Bach, Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Eureka: A Prose Poem" by Edgar Allan Poe is a philosophical essay written in the mid-19th century. This work explores profound themes concerning the nature of the universe, both material and spiritual, focusing on concepts of unity, creation, and the destiny of existence. As the title suggests, it seeks to illuminate deep truths through a poetic lens. The opening of "Eureka" reveals Poe's ambitious intent to grapple with complex ideas about the physical, metaphysical, and mathematical aspects of the universe. He expresses a sense of awe as he prepares to present his explorations of existence—discussing the original unity of matter, its inherent tendencies towards both diffusion and eventual annihilation, and how these processes give rise to diversity. Poe emphasizes that the concept of unity, derived from a singular originating particle, forms the basis for understanding the material world and its workings, including the dynamics of attraction and repulsion among atoms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 44.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Cosmology PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Science - Astronomy Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: American Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics 331615 2025-06-13T07:49:30.827700 text/html 332183 2013-02-13T07:46:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 126825 2013-02-13T07:47:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 203789 2025-06-13T07:49:38.819151 application/epub+zip 205093 2025-06-13T07:49:33.318701 application/epub+zip 190407 2025-06-13T07:49:31.832703 application/epub+zip 374098 2025-06-13T07:49:42.758153 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352336 2025-06-13T07:49:37.765193 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280803 2022-09-14T16:04:48.042972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 297083 2025-06-13T07:49:30.055761 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 296881 2013-02-13T07:46:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 106276 2013-02-13T07:47:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 294199 2013-02-13T07:41:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 105816 2013-02-13T07:47:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 294300 2013-02-13T07:42:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105739 2013-02-13T07:47:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22315 2025-06-13T07:49:42.970138 application/rdf+xml 12750 2025-06-13T07:49:32.423738 image/jpeg 3393 2025-06-13T07:49:32.122689 image/jpeg 194068 2025-06-13T07:49:30.859696 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia