What does ur-ocean mean?
Ur-ocean means A primordial ocean..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A primordial ocean..
This ur-ocean, however, to him is not one more god among others, as is Hesiod's and Homer's “deeply vortexed Okeanos”; for Thales this ocean is the one and only source from which the world springs, by condensation and evaporation.
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Ur-ocean means A primordial ocean..
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This ur-ocean, however, to him is not one more god among others, as is Hesiod's and Homer's “deeply vortexed Okeanos”; for Thales this ocean is the one and only source from which the world springs, by condensation and evaporation.
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