logos
This article is about logos (logoi) in ancient Greek philosophy, rhetoric, and Christianity. For other uses, see Logos (disambiguation). The Greek word λόγος or logos is a word with various meanings. It is often translated into English as "Word" but can also mean thought, speech, reason, proportion, principle, standard, or logic, among other things. logos engineering. It has varied use in the fields of philosophy, analytical psychology, rhetoric and religion.
Use in ancient philosophy
In ancient philosophy, Logos was used by Heraclitus, one of the most eminent Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, to describe the inherent order in the universe. Logos means the underlying order of reality of which ordinary people are only unconsciously aware. It is the "Way things are", the totality of the "laws of nature" in the modern sense, and, as such, it is always universal (xunos, the common): universal across cultures, though understood differently in each culture via the parochialism of people's expression of, and behavior according to, it -- only if peoples can recognize this. Logos Dictionary. :
One must follow what is common; but, even though the Logos is common, most people live as though they possessed their own understanding of it. (Fr. 2) The common is what is open to all, what can be seen and heard by all. To see is to let in with open eyes what is open to view, i. LOGOS ensemble - Main programmes performed. e.