Logos

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  • n. Plural form of logo.
  • n. In Presocratic philosophy, the principle governing the cosmos. In Stoicism, the active, material, rational principle of the cosmos
  • n. Among the Sophists, the topics of rational argument.
  • n. In Aristotelian philosophy, the appeal to reason.
  • n. A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logic as the main argument
  • n. The word of God, which itself has creative power; a hypostasis associated with divine wisdom
  • n. The creative Second Person of the Trinity, which simultaneously is Himself God and also with God the Father.
  • n. Graphic representations of an aligned set of sequences, such as DNA binding sites or protein sequences. Called logos because a given graphical representation aggregates disparate elements, much as does an artistic corporate logo.
  • Word Usage
    "Philo used the term logos more than thirteen hundred times in his writings that are still available for us.5 The Logos is the instrument of mediation for a transcendent God who—following the Greek philosophers—was pure spirit being who was unable to have contact with the physical universe he had created."
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