The cosmos is an ordered system that can be understood by... — Carmelics

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The cosmos is an ordered system that can be understood by those attuned to the logos.

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1.The cosmos functions like a language that can be read or heard.
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2.The changes and alterations constituting cosmic processes are regular.
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3.One who can speak the language of the logos can interpret those regularities properly.
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1.Heraclitus himself concedes that 'although the logos is common, most people live as if they have their own private understanding' (DK 22B2).
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2.If access to the logos requires a prior attunement that most humans demonstrably lack, the claim that the cosmos 'can be understood' overstates its epistemic accessibility.
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3.A condition of understanding that is structurally unavailable to the majority of knowers functions more as an exclusionary mysticism than a genuine epistemology.
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