What is Kosmos?

The article discusses the meaning of the word kosmos and what it means for society today. It states that kosmos is an ancient Greek word which means both order and beauty. Pythagoras is cited as being the first to use it to refer to the universe, because he saw that it was both ordered and beautiful, a view shared by later philosophers. It claims that when order and balance exists, so does harmony. The disharmony it sees existing today is the result of a mechanistic view of the universe, which results in the mindless exploitation of people and resources.