Logos (λόγος)

logos • LOH-goss
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Meaning

The rational principle governing the universe and human reason.

In practice: Reason as both cosmic order and human faculty.

Examples & notes

  • To live according to nature is to live according to logos.
  • Logos permeates all of reality like a "seminal reason".

Seen in

Heraclitus Marcus Aurelius

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