tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post246965477952266595..comments2023-10-31T12:10:39.067-04:00Comments on Ladder on Wheels: Addendum: Poe and the PatristicsMichial Farmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10062071425935524922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post-24260836059898431202009-12-21T16:07:41.146-05:002009-12-21T16:07:41.146-05:00Yes, I agree--he was against organized religion bu...Yes, I agree--he was against organized religion but clearly believed in some sort of organizing principle. I'd argue that "madness" in his protagonists is really a heightened religious sensibility.Michial Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062071425935524922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post-75365214977862164942009-12-21T08:08:22.744-05:002009-12-21T08:08:22.744-05:00To be fair to Poe, there is no proof that he actua...To be fair to Poe, there is no proof that he actually made that statement about religion being based on "chicanery, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry." While he was not conventionally religious, he studied the subject in great depth, and obviously had some sort of personal belief in spirituality. ("Eureka" was hardly the work of an atheist.)Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.com