The pre-eminence of a sacred caste-the sanctitude of the cow-an impossible cosmogony-the worship of Siva and Vishnu-and an indefinite sort of recognition of beings like Rama, Krishna, Kali, and others, are the leading features here; the recognition of the Ramas and Krishnas being of an indefinite and equivocal character, because the extent to which the elements of their divine nature are referable to the idea of dead men deified, or the very opposite notion of Gods become incarnate, are inextricably mixed together.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
The acceptance of a Self-existent, All-powerful, and intelligent Being can alone serve as a basis for any system of cosmogony which satisfies our intellectual need of causation; while, on the other hand, the nature of this Being, as necessarily beyond the scope of our senses, can be known to us only indirectly through the effects of which He is the cause.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
Plutarch's theory of creation is, in the main, that of the Timaeus, with mingled elements of Stoic cosmogony.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill