Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.

Alexander Pope
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In Greek mythology, Chaos ("chaos" or "chaotic, confused") is the primordial deity from which the other gods were created. He was represented as a formless mass of swirling matter from which the stars and planets were born. Upon his head was a helmet, representing his helmet-like appearance in later depictions.

Source: An Essay On Man

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