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cosmogonycos‧mog‧o‧ny /kɒzˈmɒɡəni $ kɑːzˈmɑː-/ noun (plural cosmogonies) [countable, uncountable] cosmogonyOrigin: 1600-1700 Modern Latin cosmogonia, from Greek, from kosmos ( ➔ COSMOS) + -gonia ‘bringing into existence’ - His latest proposal flies in the face of conventional cosmogony.
- A useful approach is to begin by comparing Epicurean cosmogony.
- All cosmogonies, by definition, have as their crucial feature the giving of an account of the genesis of the world.
- In the Orphic cosmogonies, Dionysos was present; thus he has a cosmological location.
- The Orphic cosmogonies exhibit a concern to portray humans as well as the world in which they live.
- The Orphic cosmogonies provide information which is helpful at this point.
- The specific shape the Orphic cosmogonies give the world have been delineated in this chapter.
- This statement Aristotle found in poems called Orphic is in accordance with a motif found in the Orphic cosmogonies.
- We have already noticed that a chief motif of the Orphic cosmogonies is their portrayal of the development of new life.
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