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Are epiphanies the act of God?
"Deus ex Machina"
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/DineshThePoet/1...
Deus ex Machina (Latin): "God from the Machine", is a literary device in which a seemingly unsolvable problem is solved out of the blue, as if by the act of God.
4 Answers
- MardukLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Deus Ex Machina is more of an apercu.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/aper%C3%A7u
I think an epiphanie is more about knowing the nature of something rather than an explanation of a situation. Also epiphany is perceived as spiritually inspired as you say, not an act but the substance.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
I would be inclined to regard same as
an instant of the perceiver`s forgetting her/ his act, Dinesh.
- 8 years ago
No.
They are self-realized from within. Thy ownself gave one's ownself thy epiphany. It is an inner symphony of you, Sentient Man.
