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We have traced the modus operandi of the Creative Process sufficiently far to see that the existence of the cosmos is the result of the Spirit's seeing itself in the cosmos, and if this be the law of the whole it must also be the law of the part.

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  1. noun The universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious whole.
  2. noun An ordered, harmonious whole.
  3. noun Harmony and order as distinct from chaos.
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  • All that separated her from the cosmos was a transparent radiation barrier, holding in a thin layer of air. —  Asimov'sSF,September2007
  • If the cosmos is against might, if the sun wars not with the planets but retires at dueful time to give the stars their little sway, what avails our mailed fist? —  Autobiography of a Yogi
  • You can reach me The digital entertainment revolution, wine, and the cosmos are just a few of the topics addressed by Spring 2009 short courses, lectures and workshops from Arizona State University's Osher
  • Yet without the stars a crucial sense of our place in the cosmos is lost. —  The Pour
  • Discovery Channel will air a number of specials, including "Before America," showcasing creatures who roamed the earth before we did; "Engineering the Universe," about how the cosmos was put together; and "Life," from the same team behind "Planet Earth."
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  1. Middle English, from Greek kosmos, order.

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  1. Also kosmos; from New Latin cosmos, cosmus, Middle Latin cosmus, from Greek κόσμος, order, good order, form, ornament, and especially the world or the universe as an orderly system.
  2. A corrupted form (apparently for *comos) of Tatar kumiz: see kumiss.
 

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