When used in connection with thought or the mind, as in John 1:1, logos means the mental faculty of thinking and reasoning. In the beginning was "logos", referring to the mind of God.
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"'''Logos'''" ([[Greek]]: λόγος) is the [[Greek]] term In Greek "logos" means word, reason or speech. [[Heraclitus]], a Greek philosopher, first used the term "logos", around perhaps 500 B.C., in order to mean divine reason.
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"'''Logos'''" ([[Greek]]: λόγος) is the [[Greek]] term In Greek "logos" means word, reason or speech. [[Heraclitus]], a Greek philosopher, first used the term "logos", around perhaps 500 B.C., in order to mean '''divine reason'''.
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When used in connection with thought or the mind, as in John 1:1, logos means the mental faculty of thinking and reasoning. In the beginning was "logos", referring to the mind of God.
In [[literature]], logos refers to an appeal to logic, as opposed to an appeal to emotion ([[pathos]]) or an appeal to authority ([[ethos]]).
In [[literature]], logos refers to an appeal to logic, as opposed to an appeal to emotion ([[pathos]]) or an appeal to authority ([[ethos]]).