DECK G — Classical Greek Vocabulary

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Cosmos

Ordered universe.

Harmony of microcosm (human) and macrocosm (world).

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Microcosm

Human as small universe.

Human mirrors cosmic order.

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Macrocosm

The universe as whole.

Cosmic reality encompassing all beings.

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Forms (Plato)

Eternal archetypes.

Abstract, perfect realities behind the material world.

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Noesis (Aristotle)

Thinking of thinking.

God as pure intellect reflecting on itself.

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Olympian gods

Greek pantheon.

Anthropomorphic deities (Zeus, Hera, etc.), criticized by philosophers.

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Anthropomorphism

Human-like gods.

Projection of human traits onto divine (criticized by Xenophanes).

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Atomism (Democritus)

Atoms in motion.

Materialist explanation of reality, minimizing divine action.

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Emanation (Plotinus)

Flow from the One.

Reality cascades from transcendent source into lower levels.