Logos 2

 

Introduction

The second edition of the Logos focuses on the very essence of Logos itself, the Order of all things. What does order mean? Order simply means structure, organization, and system. It can also be described as law and rule. This pattern of thought on the Logos has been found in the programming circles and after working a bit in programming I am interested in examining this from the as it is perspective, the principle of all things. As such, while not yet including references, this will be a beginning of a new system of thought.

The Attempt of Logos

The Logos can be described with the identity A. A simply refers to whatever which can be referred to. The -A is ironically also A and thus -A is -A. In the available symbols I have on my keyboard we may say, A==A V -A==-A. Yet this leads to the conundrum that A=-A and -A=A. At the same time, A != -A. Even if we assume that A = -A, it will reduce itself to A != -A. In general, this principle of order is derivable as the two first laws, the law of identity and the law of non-contradiction.

The Law of Identity

The law of identity basically declares that everything is equal and identical to itself alone. There is no distinction between a being and itself, between the self and the self. Yet the converse is true as well, that everything is distinct from that which is not itself. These principles are tautologies yet they are the foundation of all order and logic. It is arguable that these laws are transreal or transuniversal.  That is they transcend the order of the universe and is the absolutely necessary principle of all being. This is thus possibly, the essence of God which even so still remains incomprehensible though knowable.

The Law of Non-Contradiction

The law of non-Contradiction states according to Wikipedia that a proposition cannot be both true and false at the same time. However, in relation to the law of identity it is also true that it refers to the principle of distinction. That any object A cannot be both itself and not itself at the same time. I sometimes call this the Law of Definition as well, that all things have a strict and proper definition in the absolute order. Thus, that there is no contradiction possible in the ad intra of things. Yet in the ad extra, contradiction is very much the heart of reality.