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Jump to navigationJump to searchNew page: Image:lighterstill.jpg In its most general sense, a '''cosmos''' is an orderly or harmonious system. It originates from a Greek term κόσμος meaning "order, orderly arrangement,...
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In its most general sense, a '''cosmos''' is an orderly or harmonious system. It originates from a Greek term κόσμος meaning "order, orderly arrangement, ornaments," and is the antithetical concept of [[chaos]]. Today the word is generally used as a synonym of the word "[[Universe]]" (considered in its orderly aspect). The words cosmetics and cosmetology originate from the same root. In Russian, the word cosmos simply means ''space''.
== Philosophy ==
[[Pythagoras]] is said to have been the first philosopher to apply the term ''cosmos'' to the Universe, perhaps from application to the starry firmament.
Russian cosmism is a cosmocentric [[philosophy|philosophical]] and [[culture|cultural]] movement that emerged in[Russia in the early 20th century.
== Theology ==
In [[theology]], the term can be used to denote the created Universe, not including the creator. The Septuagint uses both ''kosmos'' and ''[[oikumene]]'' for the inhabited world. In Christian theology, the word was also used synonymously with ''[[aeon|aion]]'' to refer to "worldly life" or "this world" as opposed to the afterlife.
The ''cosmos'' as originated by Pythagoras is parallel to the Zoroastrian term ''[[aša]]'', the concept of a divine order, or divinely ordered creation.
Another definition of the word can be "infinitely or ever expanding" and can be used in reference to that which is spiritual such as a god or spiritual force or to physical matter such as outer space.
One philosophy that in which the cosmos or cosmic is used pertaining to BOTH theological and scientifical ideas is that of cosmicism. This philosophy, explored by writers such as HP Lovecraft(whom some say is the original proponent of the philosophy) and later writers whom actually represented the beliefs in books such as Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
== Cosmology ==
Cosmology is the study of the cosmos in several of the above meanings, depending on context. All cosmologies have in common an attempt to understand the implicit order within the whole of being. In this way, most religions and philosophical systems have a cosmology.
In [[physical cosmology]], the term ''cosmos'' is often used in a technical way, referring to a particular [[space-time]] continuum within the (postulated) [[multiverse]]. Our particular cosmos is generally capitalized as the ''Cosmos''.
==New Age philosophy==
The philosopher [[Ken Wilber]] uses the term ''kosmos'' to refer to all of manifest existence, including various realms of [[higher consciousness|consciousness]]. The term ''kosmos'' so used distinguishes a nondual Universe (which, in his view, includes both [[noetic]] and [[physical]] aspects) from the strictly physical Universe that is the concern of the traditional sciences.
==See also==
*[[Russian cosmism|Cosmism]]
*[[Cosmogram]]
*[[Cosmology]]
*[[Cosmography]]
*[[Macrocosm and microcosm]]
*[[Cosmos: A Personal Voyage|Cosmos]] ([[Carl Sagan]]'s [[television]] [[Documentary film|documentary]] series)
*[[Cosmicism]]
==External links==
* [http://www.shekpvar.net/~dna/Publications/Cosmos/cosmos.html Cosmos - an Illustrated Dimensional Journey from microcosmos to macrocosmos] - from Digital Nature Agency
*[http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhiana.cgi?id=dv3-16 Macrocosm and Microcosm], in ''Dictionary of the History of Ideas''
*[http://www.eocosmos.org/ Encyclopedia of Cosmos]
*[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmic]
[[Category: Cosmology]]
In its most general sense, a '''cosmos''' is an orderly or harmonious system. It originates from a Greek term κόσμος meaning "order, orderly arrangement, ornaments," and is the antithetical concept of [[chaos]]. Today the word is generally used as a synonym of the word "[[Universe]]" (considered in its orderly aspect). The words cosmetics and cosmetology originate from the same root. In Russian, the word cosmos simply means ''space''.
== Philosophy ==
[[Pythagoras]] is said to have been the first philosopher to apply the term ''cosmos'' to the Universe, perhaps from application to the starry firmament.
Russian cosmism is a cosmocentric [[philosophy|philosophical]] and [[culture|cultural]] movement that emerged in[Russia in the early 20th century.
== Theology ==
In [[theology]], the term can be used to denote the created Universe, not including the creator. The Septuagint uses both ''kosmos'' and ''[[oikumene]]'' for the inhabited world. In Christian theology, the word was also used synonymously with ''[[aeon|aion]]'' to refer to "worldly life" or "this world" as opposed to the afterlife.
The ''cosmos'' as originated by Pythagoras is parallel to the Zoroastrian term ''[[aša]]'', the concept of a divine order, or divinely ordered creation.
Another definition of the word can be "infinitely or ever expanding" and can be used in reference to that which is spiritual such as a god or spiritual force or to physical matter such as outer space.
One philosophy that in which the cosmos or cosmic is used pertaining to BOTH theological and scientifical ideas is that of cosmicism. This philosophy, explored by writers such as HP Lovecraft(whom some say is the original proponent of the philosophy) and later writers whom actually represented the beliefs in books such as Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
== Cosmology ==
Cosmology is the study of the cosmos in several of the above meanings, depending on context. All cosmologies have in common an attempt to understand the implicit order within the whole of being. In this way, most religions and philosophical systems have a cosmology.
In [[physical cosmology]], the term ''cosmos'' is often used in a technical way, referring to a particular [[space-time]] continuum within the (postulated) [[multiverse]]. Our particular cosmos is generally capitalized as the ''Cosmos''.
==New Age philosophy==
The philosopher [[Ken Wilber]] uses the term ''kosmos'' to refer to all of manifest existence, including various realms of [[higher consciousness|consciousness]]. The term ''kosmos'' so used distinguishes a nondual Universe (which, in his view, includes both [[noetic]] and [[physical]] aspects) from the strictly physical Universe that is the concern of the traditional sciences.
==See also==
*[[Russian cosmism|Cosmism]]
*[[Cosmogram]]
*[[Cosmology]]
*[[Cosmography]]
*[[Macrocosm and microcosm]]
*[[Cosmos: A Personal Voyage|Cosmos]] ([[Carl Sagan]]'s [[television]] [[Documentary film|documentary]] series)
*[[Cosmicism]]
==External links==
* [http://www.shekpvar.net/~dna/Publications/Cosmos/cosmos.html Cosmos - an Illustrated Dimensional Journey from microcosmos to macrocosmos] - from Digital Nature Agency
*[http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhiana.cgi?id=dv3-16 Macrocosm and Microcosm], in ''Dictionary of the History of Ideas''
*[http://www.eocosmos.org/ Encyclopedia of Cosmos]
*[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmic]
[[Category: Cosmology]]
