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'''cosmopolis'''
 
  
Editor's note: Most definitions (below) of '''cosmopolis''' refer to what is effectively a large metropolis, and no doubt there are a handful of 'great' cities in this world, but none of them qualifes even remotely as a 'universe city'. Nevertheless, this does not preclude cultivating an appreciation for the history of such a 'place' that is served well by Stephen Toulmin's book, '''''Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity''''' ISBN 0226808386
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Editor's note: Most definitions of '''cosmopolis''' refer to what is effectively a large ''metropolis'', and though there may be a handful of 'great' cities in this world, including their 'universities', none even remotely qualify as a '[[universe]] city' let alone a [[universal]] city. Nevertheless, this does not preclude cultivating an appreciation for a [[history]] of this [[idea]] that is served well by Stephen Toulmin's book, '''''Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity''''' ISBN 0226808386 (see also ''An Intellectual Odyssey'' [https://books.google.com/url?id=GJXIAAAACAAJ&q=https://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/1997-03/wartofsk.html&usg=AFQjCNFw5C3xhG52Rbdc2Rr6GJUeISzhdw])
  
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==Merriam-Webster==
 
==Merriam-Webster==
 
cos·mop·o·lis  
 
cos·mop·o·lis  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
\käz-ˈmä-pə-ləs\  
 
\käz-ˈmä-pə-ləs\  
===Function===
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===History===
noun
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[ad. mod.L. cosmologia, a. Gr. type * world + discourse. Cf. F. cosmologie.]
===Etymology===
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New Latin, back-formation from cosmopolites
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The [[science]] or [[theory]] of the universe as an ordered whole, and of the general [[law]]s which govern it. Also, a particular account or [[system]] of the universe and its laws.
===Date===
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1656 BLOUNT Glossogr., [[Cosmology]], a speaking of the world. 1735 B. MARTIN Philos. Gram. 101 By Cosmology is implied a philosophical or physiological Discourse of the World, or Universe in general. 1802 PLAYFAIR Illustr. Hutton. Th. 132 In the cosmologies..of Leibnitz and Buffon, fire and water are both employed. 1876 GLADSTONE Homeric Synchr. 221 It throws..a most important light on Homer's cosmology.
1849
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===Definition===
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[[Image:Cosmosci.jpg|center|frame]]
a cosmopolitan city
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b. Philos. That branch of metaphysics which deals with the idea of the world as a totality of all [[phenomena]] in [[spacetime|space and time]].
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1753 CHAMBERS Cycl. Supp., Cosmology, the science of the world in general. This Wolfius calls general, or transcendental cosmology. 1867 J. H. STIRLING Schwegler's Hist. Philos. (ed. 8) 205 Metaphysics..are subdivided [by Wolff] into Ontology, Cosmology, Psychology, Natural Theology. 1874 W. WALLACE Hegel's Logic 58 The third branch of Metaphysics was Cosmology. The [[topics]] it embraced were the world, its contingency, necessity, eternity, limitation in time and space, etc. 1889 CAIRD Kant II. 39 Rational Cosmology deals with the idea of the world as a totality of phenomena in one time and space. [https://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50051130?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=cosmology&first=1&max_to_show=10]
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==='''cosmopolitan'''===
 
===Function===
 
adjective
 
===Date===
 
1798
 
 
===Definition===
 
===Definition===
 
 
# having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing  
 
# having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing  
# having wide international sophistication : worldly 3 : composed of persons, constituents, or elements from all or many parts of the world 4 : found in most parts of the world and under varied ecological conditions <a cosmopolitan herb>
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# having wide international sophistication : worldly 3 : composed of [[persons]], constituents, or elements from all or many parts of the world 4 : found in most parts of the world and under varied ecological conditions
  
====compare: metropolitan====
 
 
===Function===
 
===Function===
 
adjective  
 
adjective  
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Middle English, from Late Latin metropolitanus of the see of a metropolitan, from metropolita, noun, metropolitan, from Late Greek mētropolitēs, from mētropolis see of a metropolitan, from Greek, capital
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Middle [[English]], from Late [[Latin]] metropolitanus of the see of a metropolitan, from metropolita, noun, metropolitan, from Late Greek mētropolitēs, from mētropolis see of a metropolitan, from Greek, capital
 
===Date===
 
===Date===
 
15th century
 
15th century
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# of or constituting a metropolitan or his see
 
# of, relating to, or characteristic of a metropolis and sometimes including its suburbs
 
# of, relating to, or constituting a mother country as distinguished from a colony
 
  
 
[[Category: General Reference]]
 
[[Category: General Reference]]

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Editor's note: Most definitions of cosmopolis refer to what is effectively a large metropolis, and though there may be a handful of 'great' cities in this world, including their 'universities', none even remotely qualify as a 'universe city' let alone a universal city. Nevertheless, this does not preclude cultivating an appreciation for a history of this idea that is served well by Stephen Toulmin's book, Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity ISBN 0226808386 (see also An Intellectual Odyssey [1])



Merriam-Webster

cos·mop·o·lis

Pronunciation

\käz-ˈmä-pə-ləs\

History

[ad. mod.L. cosmologia, a. Gr. type * world + discourse. Cf. F. cosmologie.]

The science or theory of the universe as an ordered whole, and of the general laws which govern it. Also, a particular account or system of the universe and its laws. 1656 BLOUNT Glossogr., Cosmology, a speaking of the world. 1735 B. MARTIN Philos. Gram. 101 By Cosmology is implied a philosophical or physiological Discourse of the World, or Universe in general. 1802 PLAYFAIR Illustr. Hutton. Th. 132 In the cosmologies..of Leibnitz and Buffon, fire and water are both employed. 1876 GLADSTONE Homeric Synchr. 221 It throws..a most important light on Homer's cosmology.

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b. Philos. That branch of metaphysics which deals with the idea of the world as a totality of all phenomena in space and time. 1753 CHAMBERS Cycl. Supp., Cosmology, the science of the world in general. This Wolfius calls general, or transcendental cosmology. 1867 J. H. STIRLING Schwegler's Hist. Philos. (ed. 8) 205 Metaphysics..are subdivided [by Wolff] into Ontology, Cosmology, Psychology, Natural Theology. 1874 W. WALLACE Hegel's Logic 58 The third branch of Metaphysics was Cosmology. The topics it embraced were the world, its contingency, necessity, eternity, limitation in time and space, etc. 1889 CAIRD Kant II. 39 Rational Cosmology deals with the idea of the world as a totality of phenomena in one time and space. [2]

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Definition

  1. having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing
  2. having wide international sophistication : worldly 3 : composed of persons, constituents, or elements from all or many parts of the world 4 : found in most parts of the world and under varied ecological conditions

Function

adjective

Etymology

Middle English, from Late Latin metropolitanus of the see of a metropolitan, from metropolita, noun, metropolitan, from Late Greek mētropolitēs, from mētropolis see of a metropolitan, from Greek, capital

Date

15th century