Vernacular Cloud

concept: logos

concept-key: https://vernacular.cloud/0.0.1/JU2OhMSfRNM6vxXzjpED5Fbe/

Definition

logos (λόγος) — word, reason, account

This is an extremely rich (semantically overloaded) term. It may mean speech, rational explanation,

principle/order/reason.

In Heraclitus logos is the underlying order of the cosmos. In Aristotle it is rational discourse. In the Gospel of John is the speech of God or that is spoken in the name of God.

Broader

Narrower

this concept has narrower concept Y

Related

enables the representation of associative (non-hierarchical) links, which can also be used to represent part-whole links that are not meant as hierarchical relationships.