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<p><i>Logos</i> is a term used in <a href="/facts/Western_philosophy/4m6EnYCI">Western philosophy</a>, <a href="/facts/Psychology/duoqW7Sz">psychology</a> and <a href="/facts/Rhetoric/mB9np26l">rhetoric</a>, as well as <a href="/facts/Religion/cxntrD0R">religion</a> (notably <a href="/facts/Logos_(Christianity)/YkaNmFU9">Christianity</a>); among its connotations is that of a <a href="/facts/Rationality/ueS0w9lk">rational</a> form of discourse that relies on <a href="/facts/Inductive_reasoning/EJ992JJ9">inductive</a> and <a href="/facts/Deductive_reasoning/HadA1zWS">deductive</a> reasoning. </p><p><a href="/facts/Aristotle/U2bDlBFW">Aristotle</a> first systematized the usage of the word, making it one of the three principles of rhetoric alongside <a href="/facts/Ethos/7lFxV5S6">ethos</a> and <a href="/facts/Pathos/wD6YRdS4">pathos</a>. This original use identifies the word closely to the structure and content of <a href="/facts/Language/IRcTok2q">language</a> or <a href="/facts/Text_(literary_theory)/GwYDS61T">text</a>. Both <a href="/facts/Plato/sPedMo74">Plato</a> and <a href="/facts/Aristotle/U2bDlBFW">Aristotle</a> used the term <i>logos</i> (along with <i><a href="/facts/Rhema/AQKCK3G8">rhema</a></i>) to refer to <a href="/facts/Sentence_(language)/GhKKkcm2">sentences</a> and <a href="/facts/Proposition_(philosophy)/0877MFMD">propositions</a>. </p>