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LOGOS was that which made something orderly,
whether that be the organizing principle of the Cosmos,
or the 'accounting books' for a business. See the Glossary.}
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\begin{glossarytext}
\section{LOGOS}
LOGOS was that which made something orderly,
whether that be the organizing principle of the Cosmos,
or the 'accounting books' for a business.
\fnPar
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For Heraclitus, LOGOS is the hidden structure underlying apparent flux.
For the Stoics, LOGOS was immanent rational principle holding the cosmos together.
For Philo, LOGOS is the mediating figure between the transcendent God and creation —
the direct theological antecedent John is writing into.
%John takes all of that freight and makes a shocking statement: this LOGOS became flesh
\end{glossarytext}
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