LOGOS : Encounter of the Divine and the Human
Keywords:
Logos, philosophy, theology, name, nous, soul, Word, God.Abstract
“What is in a name?†William Shakespear wrote in his famous story Romeo and Juliet. Dragged out of its context, the saying seems to show insignificancy of a name. Is a name mere an arbitrary appellation for something or someone without any meaning inside? Before Shakespear, Cicero told us that “Nomen est omen!†Name, accordingly, is sign, augury, prognostication, prediction. If it’s so, a name, therefore, contains something beyond. It signifies something. In this regard I agree with Cicero, bearing in mind that a name “conceals†something else, be it hope, mission, essence or anything else. The Faculty of Philosophy of the Catholic University, St. Thomas – Medan (Philosophical and Theological High School, St. John – Pematangsiantar), picks up ‘Logos’ as the name of its scientific magazine. What is the idea lying behind this choice? To what extend does the name bear its ‘omen’? This simple article tries to deal with the question to account for the name, Logos. This presentation is a descriptive one.References
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