Slavic languages
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| - | '''Cosmos''' is the [[Universe]] regarded as a beautifully-arranged system. | ||
| - | [[Pythagoras]] is said to have been the first philosopher to apply the term "cosmos" (Greek κόσμος) to the [[Universe]], perhaps referring to the starry [[firmament]]. | + | The '''Slavic languages''' (also called '''Slavonic languages'''), a group of closely related [[language]]s of the [[Slavic peoples]] and a subgroup of [[Indo-European languages]], have speakers in most of [[Eastern Europe]], much of the [[Balkans]], parts of [[Central Europe]], and the northern part of [[Asia]]. |
| - | The [[Ancient Greeks|Ancient Greek]] [[Natural philosophy|natural philosopher]] [[Archimedes]], in his essay "[[The Sand Reckoner]]," estimated the diameter of the cosmos to be equivalent in [[Stadion (unit of length)|stadia]] to what we call two [[light year]]s. | + | |
| - | ==Etymology== | + | ==See also== |
| - | The word derives from the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] term κόσμος (''kosmos''), literally meaning "well-ordered" or "ornament" and metaphorically "world," and is [[antithesis|antithetical]] to the concept of [[Chaos (cosmogony)|chaos]] in its ugly state. Today, the word is generally used as a [[synonym]] of the Latin loanword "[[Universe]]" (considered in its beautifully-ordered aspect). | + | * [[Slavic microlanguages]] |
| - | The word [[cosmetics]] originates from the same root. In many [[Slavic languages]] such as [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Serbo-Croatian|Serbo-Croat-Bosnian]] and [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], the word ''kosmos'' (''космос'') also means "[[outer space]]." | + | * [[Slavistics]] |
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| - | == Cosmology == | + | * [[Language families and languages]] |
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| - | [[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 and beauty within the whole of being. In this way, most religions and philosophical systems have a cosmology. | + | |
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| - | In [[physical cosmology]], the term ''cosmos'' is often used in a technical way, referring to a particular [[spacetime]] continuum within the (postulated) [[multiverse]]. Our particular cosmos, the [[observable universe]], is generally capitalized as ''the Cosmos''. | + | |
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| - | == Theology == | + | |
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| - | In [[theology]], the term can be used to denote the [[Creation myth|created]] Universe, not including the [[Creationism|creator]]. In [[Christian theology]], the word is also used synonymously with ''[[aeon|aion]]'' to refer to "worldly life" or "this world" as opposed to the [[afterlife]] or [[World to Come]]. | + | |
| - | The cosmos as originated by Pythagoras is parallel to the [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] term ''[[aša]]'', the concept of a divine arrangement, or divinely fashioned creation.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} | + | |
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| - | == See also == | + | |
| - | * [[Anthropic principle]] | + | |
| - | * [[Astronomy]] | + | |
| - | * [[Cosmology]] | + | |
| - | * [[Cosmogram]] | + | |
| - | * [[Cosmography]] | + | |
| - | * [[Fate of the universe]] | + | |
| - | * [[Macrocosm and microcosm]] | + | |
| - | * [[Megaverse]] | + | |
| - | * [[Multiverse]] | + | |
| - | * [[Observable universe]] | + | |
| - | * [[Omega point (de Chardin)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Omniverse]] | + | |
| - | *[[Soter Kosmoi]] | + | |
| - | * [[Timeline of the Big Bang]] | + | |
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The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, much of the Balkans, parts of Central Europe, and the northern part of Asia.
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