The Temple of Nature, Or the Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical Notes (Classic Reprint)

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In the Eleusinian mysteries, the philoso phy of the works of Nature, with the origin and progress of society, are believed to have been taught by allegoric scenery, explained by the Hierophant to the initiated, which gave rise to the machinery of the following Poem.

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