The Ancient and Medieval cosmos as depicted in Peter Apian's Cosmographia (Antwerp, 1539). Petrus Apianus ( April 16, 1495 &ndash April 21, 1552; also known as Peter Apian) was a German

In its most general sense, a cosmos is an orderly or harmonious system. It originates from a Greek term κόσμος meaning "order, orderly arrangement, ornaments," and is the antithetical concept of chaos. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Chaos (derived from the Ancient Greek, Chaos) typically refers to Unpredictability, and is the antithesis of Cosmos. Today the word is generally used as a synonym of the word "Universe" (considered in its orderly aspect). The Universe is defined as everything that Physically Exists: the entirety of Space and Time, all forms of Matter, Energy The words cosmetics and cosmetology originate from the same root. Cosmetology (from Greek grc κοσμητικός kosmētikos, "skilled in adornment" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study

Philosophy

The largest extent of the Universe so far, captured by Nasa

Pythagoras is said to have been the first philosopher to apply the term cosmos to the Universe, perhaps from application to the starry firmament. "Pythagoras of Samos" redirects here For the Samian statuary of the same name see Pythagoras (sculptor.

Russian cosmism is a cosmocentric philosophical and cultural movement that emerged in Russia in the early 20th century. Russian cosmism is a cosmocentric philosophical and cultural movement that emerged in Russia in the early 20th century Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The twentieth century of the Common Era began on

Theology

In theology, the term can be used to denote the created Universe, not including the creator. Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective "Creationism" can also refer to Creation myths in general or to a concept about the origin of the soul. The Septuagint uses both kosmos and oikumene for the inhabited world. The Septuagint (ˈsɛptuədʒɪnt or simply " LXX " is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, translated in stages between the Ecumene (also spelled œcumene or oikoumene) a term originally used in the Greco-Roman world to refer to the inhabited earth (or at least the known In Christian theology, the word was also used synonymously with aion to refer to "worldly life" or "this world" as opposed to the afterlife. The word aeon, also spelled eon or æon, means "age" "forever" or "for Eternity "

The cosmos as originated by Pythagoras is parallel to the Zoroastrian term aša, the concept of a divine order, or divinely ordered creation. Zoroastrianism (ˌzɔroʊˈæstriəˌnɪzəm is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings Asha ( aša) or arta is the Avestan language term for a concept of cardinal importance to Zoroastrian theology and doctrine

Cosmology

Main article: Cosmology

Universum – C. Cosmology (from Greek grc κοσμολογία - grc κόσμος kosmos, "universe" and grc -λογία -logia) is study Flammarion, Holzschnitt, Paris 1888, Kolorit: Heikenwaelder Hugo, Wien 1998

Cosmology is the study of the cosmos in several of the above meanings, depending on context. All cosmologies have in common an attempt to understand the implicit order within the whole of being. In this way, most religions and philosophical systems have a cosmology.

Image of distribution of the cosmic microwave background radiation 700,000 years after the Big Bang, generally assumed to have occurred about 13,700,000,000 years ago. The Big Bang is the cosmological model of the Universe that is best supported by all lines of scientific evidence and Observation.

In physical cosmology, the term cosmos is often used in a technical way, referring to a particular space-time continuum within the (postulated) multiverse. Physical cosmology, as a branch of Astronomy, is the study of the large-scale structure of the Universe and is concerned with fundamental questions about its SpaceTime is a patent-pending three dimensional graphical user interface that allows end users to search their content such as Google Google Images Yahoo! YouTube eBay Amazon and RSS The multiverse (or meta-universe) is the hypothetical set of multiple possible Universes (including our universe that together comprise all of Reality. Our particular cosmos is generally capitalized as the Cosmos.

New Age philosophy

The philosopher Ken Wilber uses the term kosmos to refer to all of manifest existence, including various realms of consciousness. Kenneth Earl "Ken" Wilber Jr (b January 31, 1949, Oklahoma City, U Higher consciousness, also called super consciousness ( Yoga) objective consciousness ( Gurdjieff) Buddhic consciousness ( The term kosmos so used distinguishes a nondual Universe (which, in his view, includes both noetic and physical aspects) from the strictly physical Universe that is the concern of the traditional sciences. Nondualism implies that things appear distinct while not being separate Noetic theory (from Greek word noûs) is a branch of metaphysical Philosophy concerned with the study of nature the operation of Intellect Nature, in the broadest sense is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe.

See also

• Cosmism
• Cosmogram
• Cosmology
• Cosmography
• Macrocosm and microcosm
• Cosmos (Carl Sagan's television documentary series)

External links

• Cosmos - an Illustrated Dimensional Journey from microcosmos to macrocosmos - from Digital Nature Agency
• Macrocosm and Microcosm, in Dictionary of the History of Ideas
• Encyclopedia of Cosmos