Sentences with phrase «word kosmos»

The word kosmos in ancient Greek actually means «order» and not «universe,» and in their mythology the Greeks claimed that the cosmos emerged out of Chaos, which is simply a way of terminating the wonderment in a non «explanation, indeed in a nonsensical non «explanation.

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The original Greek word, kosmos, meant order of harmony and could hardly encompass the post-enlightenment discovery of oceans of cosmic dust and debris floating randomly in space.
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