| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Similar to his theories on a good short story, Poe believes the universe is a self-contained, closed system.[16] In coming to his conclusions, Poe uses ratiocination as a literary device, through his character C. Auguste Dupin, as if Poe himself were a detective solving the mystery of the universe.[17] Eureka, then, is the culmination of Poe's interest in capturing truth through language, an exten
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