This framework then implied another primary question— also posed as a dichotomy (and thus illustrating the continuing intrusion of tribal idols as well)—among supporters of an inorganic origin for hysteroliths: if vulva stones originate within the mineral kingdom, does their resemblance to female genitalia reveal a deep harmony in nature, or does the similarity arise by accident and therefore embody no meaning, a mode of origin that scholars of the time called lusus naturae, a game or sport of nature? (Location 1332)
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and the traditional schemes of classification (often passively passed on from a former Neoplatonic heritage without recognition of the biases thus imposed) (Location 1368)
