Literary notes about Cosmos (AI summary)
Writers employ the word "cosmos" as a versatile metaphor that stretches from the physical universe to a symbol of overarching order and mystery. In some works it denotes an expansive reality that exceeds the immediate world of experience—for instance, suggesting a newcomer’s awe at beholding a vast, larger cosmos ([1])—while in others it is invoked to articulate structured, philosophical divisions of existence ([2], [3]). At times, the cosmos embodies the dynamic interplay between order and chaos, a force that is both inevitable and deeply intertwined with human progress and destiny ([4], [5], [6]). In spiritual and metaphysical writings, the cosmos is portrayed as a realm of subtle vibrations and divine light, inviting readers to perceive life as a reflection of a higher, integral truth ([7], [8], [9]). Its usage can also extend to symbolism in social and ethical contexts, suggesting that the well-being of the individual is inextricably linked with the harmony of the whole ([10], [11]).
- It was his first contact with a group of children, his first view of the larger cosmos.
— from Gladiator by Philip Wylie - On p. 449 , Plato's division of the Cosmos is cited.
— from The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical Systems by Zelia Nuttall - Cosmos, the, order and harmony of, 191 -93.
— from Under the Maples by John Burroughs - Like all animals and plants, the cosmos has its own way of doing things, not wholly rational nor ideally best, but patient, fatal, and fruitful.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - For the last twenty-four hours the cosmos had really been upside down, but now the capsized universe had come right side up again.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. Chesterton - We live in a social chaos of which the evolution into anything like a cosmos is scarcely more than incipient.
— from Woman and Womanhood: A Search for Principles by C. W. (Caleb Williams) Saleeby - "The astral universe, made of various subtle vibrations of light and color, is hundreds of times larger than the material cosmos.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - The "Moon of Heav'n" is the outward cosmos, fettered to the law of periodic recurrence.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - " "Adorable Master, please tell me more about the astral cosmos."
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - Not only is it best for my social interests to keep my promise, but best for me to have those interests, and best for the cosmos to have this me.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James - In autumn, cosmos and white chrysanthemums, or at any season, baby's breath and roses.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post
