I. Philosophy – II. Law – III. Dogmatics – IV. Ethics
I. Philosophy
The concept of order (Gk τάξις/táxis, κόσμος/kosmos; Lat. ordo) is employed in natural philosophy, epistemology, and cultural anthropology. It refers to an arrangement of elements that stand in a particular relationship to one other and form the structure of a larger whole. The concept of order is particularly fundamental to cosmology: for Hesiod, the genesis of the cosmos takes place within “theogony,” and for Plato (Tim.) through the …