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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His latest proposal flies in the face of conventional cosmogony .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A useful approach is to begin by comparing Epicurean cosmogony .
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All cosmogonies, by definition, have as their crucial feature the giving of an account of the genesis of the world.
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In the Orphic cosmogonies, Dionysos was present; thus he has a cosmological location.
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The Orphic cosmogonies exhibit a concern to portray humans as well as the world in which they live.
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The Orphic cosmogonies provide information which is helpful at this point.
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The specific shape the Orphic cosmogonies give the world have been delineated in this chapter.
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This statement Aristotle found in poems called Orphic is in accordance with a motif found in the Orphic cosmogonies.
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We have already noticed that a chief motif of the Orphic cosmogonies is their portrayal of the development of new life.