Logosophy

Logosophy is a "body of organized knowledge" ("Ciencia" in Spanish. See etymology of the word "Science" in its own article) that offers teachings of conceptual order and practices that claim to help better oneself through a process of conscious evolution. It was developed by the Argentine humanist and thinker Carlos Bernardo Gonzalez Pecotche in Buenos Aires, circa 1930.

Logosophy can also be seen as an ethical-philosophical doctrine, and as such, as a normative humanist discipline. As Pecotche explains, "Logosophy does not search for causes or principles, as philosophy does. It travels the road in the opposite direction, making its own self the "fountainhead of the explanation of causes", of principles, and every other enigma presented that human intelligence has to answer." in "Logosophy Science and Method", page 2, Philosophical Library, Inc. 1959

The term "Logosophy" itself is the combination of the Greek words "logos" and "sophia", that the author had adopted to mean "Creative Word or Manifestation of the Supreme Knowledge, and Original Science or Wisdom", respectively. The word tries to denote multiple aspects, among them a doctrine, a new line of cognitions, a method, and a technique.

Principles

Pecotche stated in "The Mechanism of Conscious Life", page 8, Editora Logosófica, 1997: "Logosophy has inaugurated the era of conscious evolution, and by virtue of the process of self-elevation instituted in its precepts each and every individual will be able to enjoy the maximum possibilities granted to his psychological, mental and spiritual being, while gaining knowledge of the creative powers of his mind, which are in themselves the direct factors of balance, harmony, and authority within the individual."

Logosophy as Humanism

Amongst the multiple views that González Pecotche provides of Logosophy, he also mentions that it is a new kind of Humanism. However he differentiates his original contributions from the works of other Humanists:

"Differing therefore from the generalized concept of humanism, our humanism starts from one's own sensitive and thinking being who seeks to accomplish within himself the evolutionary process that all humanity must follow. One's accomplishment in this respect will inevitably constitute later a true example of what each participant within the great human family can achieve". -- "The Mechanism of Conscious Life", Chapter XII: "Humanism as the innermost aspiration of the individual. The nature of logosophical humanism.", page 103, Editora Logosófica, 1997

External links

* [http://www.logosophy.net Logosophy Portal (English)]
* [http://www.fundacionlogosofica.org Logosofía (Español)]
* [http://www.logosophie.org Logosophie (Deutsch)]
* [http://www.logosophy.net/home.php?lang=fr Logosophie (Français)]
* [http://www.logosophy.net/home.php?lang=it Logosofia (Italiano)]
* [http://www.logosophy.net/home.php?lang=pt Logosofia (Português)]
* [http://www.logosophy.org US Logosophy website]
* [http://www.logosophy-nyc.org NY Logosophical Foundation website]