logos

  1. Noun.  (philosophy) In Presocratic philosophy, the principle governing the cosmos. In Stoicism, the active, material, rational principle of the cosmos.
  2. Noun.  (philosophy) Among the Sophists, the topics of rational argument.
  3. Noun.  (philosophy) In Aristotelian philosophy, the appeal to reason.
  4. Noun.  (grammar) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logic as the main argument.
  5. Noun.  (Judaism) The word of God, which itself has creative power; a hypostasis associated with divine wisdom.
  6. Noun.  (Christianity) The creative Second Person of the Trinity, which simultaneously ''is'' Himself God and also ''with'' God the Father.
  7. Noun.  (science) 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 corporatelogo.
  8. Noun.  (plural of, logo) .

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