Logos
Origin 1
From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, "speech, oration, discourse, quote, story, study, ratio, word, calculation, reason").
Full definition of logos
Noun
logos
(uncountable)- (philosophy) In Presocratic philosophy, the principle governing the cosmos. In Stoicism, the active, material, rational principle of the cosmos
- (philosophy) Among the Sophists, the topics of rational argument.
- (philosophy) In Aristotelian philosophy, the appeal to reason.
- (grammar) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logic as the main argument
- (Christianity) The word of God, which itself has creative power; a hypostasis associated with divine wisdom
- (Christianity) The creative Second Person of the Trinity, which simultaneously is Himself God and also with God the Father.
- (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 corporate logo.