Everything about Cosmos totally explained
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.
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
philosophical and
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
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.
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
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's the concern of the traditional sciences.
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