Epic Quote by E. O. Wilson

Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.

— Lascelles Abercrombie

By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the…

— Lascelles Abercrombie

“The second irony of evolutionary biology is that this transubstantiation of natural theology into the grand narrative of natural selection has itself taken the…

— Abigail Lustig

In particular, I argue that in both evolution and creation we have rival religious responses to a crisis of faith-rival stories of origins, rival…

— Michael Ruse

“Evolution is the reverberation of God's creative voice.”

— Atom Tate

If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.

— Lascelles Abercrombie

The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.

— Anonymous

The beauty of poetry is that the creation transcends the poet.

— Mahatma Gandhi

When the responses elicited by the Epic of Evolution are gathered together several religious principles emerge that I can believe, serve as a framework…

— Ursula Goodenough

Good religious poetry... is likely to be most justly appreciated and most discriminately relished by the undevout.

— A. E. Housman

With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and…

— Lascelles Abercrombie

The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind…

— Lascelles Abercrombie