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Cosmos
Ordered universe.
Harmony of microcosm (human) and macrocosm (world).
Microcosm
Human as small universe.
Human mirrors cosmic order.
Macrocosm
The universe as whole.
Cosmic reality encompassing all beings.
Forms (Plato)
Eternal archetypes.
Abstract, perfect realities behind the material world.
Noesis (Aristotle)
Thinking of thinking.
God as pure intellect reflecting on itself.
Olympian gods
Greek pantheon.
Anthropomorphic deities (Zeus, Hera, etc.), criticized by philosophers.
Anthropomorphism
Human-like gods.
Projection of human traits onto divine (criticized by Xenophanes).
Atomism (Democritus)
Atoms in motion.
Materialist explanation of reality, minimizing divine action.
Emanation (Plotinus)
Flow from the One.
Reality cascades from transcendent source into lower levels.