Though primitive conceptions of the universe display considerable substantive variation, all are shaped primarily by terrestrial events, the events that impinge most immediately upon the designers of the systems.

• 虽然各种原始的宇宙观念表现出相当大的差异,但是它们全都主要地是被地上的事件、那些最直接地刺激着体系设计者的事件所定形的。