Logos (Reason / Cosmic Principle)
The rational principle that orders the cosmos — reason, word, and law woven into reality itself.
Logos means word, account, reason, or ratio, and in philosophy it names the rational principle that orders the universe. Heraclitus of Ephesus (c. 500 BCE) first gave it cosmic weight, calling the Logos the law by which all things happen; the Stoics (from 3rd c. BCE) developed it into a divine rational fire pervading nature. It later entered Hellenistic Jewish thought through Philo of Alexandria and Christian theology through the Gospel of John.
How it traveled
- CratylusAthens · -375explains
- SophistAthens · -360explains
- LawsAthens · -348explains
- Magna MoraliaChalcis · -322explains
- MetaphysicsChalcis · -322explains
- De interpretationeChalcis · -322explains
- de Natura DeorumFormiae · -43explains
- Allegoriae (= Quaestiones Homericae)— · 75explains
- Institutio OratoriaRome · 95explains
- DiscoursesNicopolis · 108explains
- De Iside et OsirideChaeronea · 120explains
- De communibus notitiis adversus StoicosChaeronea · 120explains
- Ad Se IpsumVindobona (Vienna) · 170explains
- Adversus MathematicosAlexandria · 190explains
- Pyrrhoniae HypotyposesAlexandria · 210redefines
- Vitae philosophorum— · 240explains
- EnneadesRome · 270explains
- ChagigahSura (Babylonia) · 500
- De consolatione philosophiaeRome · 523explains
- Bereshit RabbahTiberias · 600
- Shemot RabbahTiberias · 600
- Vayikra RabbahTiberias · 600
- Rasag on Sefer YetzirahSura (Babylonia) · 931
- HaEmunot veHaDeotSura (Babylonia) · 933
- Midrash TehillimEretz Yisrael (travels) · 1050
- Duties of the HeartZaragoza (Saragossa) · 1080
- Guide for the PerplexedCairo · 1190
- Yalkut Shimoni on NachTiberias · 1250
- Sha'arei OrahGuadalajara · 1260
- Sha'arei TzedekCastile · 1265
Key passages(20)
Fragmenta In Evangelium Joannis (In Catenis) · Origen
Oratio I contra Arianos · Athanasius of Alexandria
Oratio I contra Arianos · Athanasius of Alexandria
Oratio II contra Arianos · Athanasius of Alexandria
Oratio II contra Arianos · Athanasius of Alexandria
Oratio II contra Arianos · Athanasius of Alexandria
Oratio II contra Arianos · Athanasius of Alexandria
Oratio II contra Arianos · Athanasius of Alexandria
Oratio II contra Arianos · Athanasius of Alexandria
Oratio II contra Arianos · Athanasius of Alexandria
Oratio II contra Arianos · Athanasius of Alexandria
Oratio quarta contra Arianos [Sp.] · Athanasius of Alexandria
Oratio quarta contra Arianos [Sp.] · Athanasius of Alexandria
Oratio quarta contra Arianos [Sp.] · Athanasius of Alexandria
Catena In Epistulam Ad Hebraeos (E Cod. Paris. Coislin. 204) · Catenae (Novum Testamentum)
Catena In Joannem (Catena Integra) (e codd. Paris. Coislin. 23 + Oxon. Bodl. Auct. T.1.4) · Catenae (Novum Testamentum)
Fragmenta Logica et Physica · Chrysippus
Excerpta ex Theodoto · Clement of Alexandria