Logos
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Logos (λόγος) is a Greek word that means "word," "speech," "reason." It became a technical term in philosophy beginning with Heraclitus (ca. 535–475 BC), who used the term for a principle of order and knowledge.[1]
H. P. Blavatsky talks about three Logoi: "the unmanifested 'Father,' the semi-manifested 'Mother' and the Universe, which is the third Logos of our philosophy or Brahmâ."[2] These three Logoi can be seen as "the personified symbols of the three spiritual stages of Evolution."[3] Yet all the three Logoi are one.[4]
First Logos
Second Logos
Third Logos
Notes
- ↑ Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (2nd ed): Heraclitus, 1999.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. X (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, ???), 332.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. X (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, ???), 334
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. XI (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, ???), 487.
Further reading
- Logos at Theosopedia