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"Cosmotheism" is a term which refers to the idea that the entire universe ( kosmos) is God ( theos). [1] It is thus similar to pantheism and the idea of the anima mundi (world-soul). The term was coined by Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721–1794) in 1782 to refer to the Stoic worship of the cosmos or mundus as a Supreme Being. [1] Jan Assmann ascribed the doctrine to ancient Egyptian theology as well as various Greek philosophies. According to Assmann, " Malesherbes could not have found a better term for what seems to be the common denominator of Egyptian religion, Alexandrinian ( Neoplatonic, Stoic, Hermetic) philosophy, and Spinozism, including the medieval traditions such as alchemy and the cabala that have served as intermediaries." [1] Assmann also sees cosmotheistic ideas in the German Romanticism of figures like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller. [1]
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"Cosmotheism" is a term which refers to the idea that the entire universe ( kosmos) is God ( theos). [1] It is thus similar to pantheism and the idea of the anima mundi (world-soul). The term was coined by Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721–1794) in 1782 to refer to the Stoic worship of the cosmos or mundus as a Supreme Being. [1] Jan Assmann ascribed the doctrine to ancient Egyptian theology as well as various Greek philosophies. According to Assmann, " Malesherbes could not have found a better term for what seems to be the common denominator of Egyptian religion, Alexandrinian ( Neoplatonic, Stoic, Hermetic) philosophy, and Spinozism, including the medieval traditions such as alchemy and the cabala that have served as intermediaries." [1] Assmann also sees cosmotheistic ideas in the German Romanticism of figures like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller. [1]