As we have noted earlier, the concept "diversity" — the confluence of many hearths in one great place — is itself fully compatible with and is indeed a major defining characteristic of cosmos. Cosmopolites and cosmopolitans welcome pluralism, fearing it only when it threatens to become anarchic and destroy the very idea of cosmos — the notion that human beings have important common experiences, that in view of these experiences and in view, further, of the powers of the imagination, it is entirely possible for one person to stand in the shoes of another, for one people to understand and appreciate the worldview of others.
— Yi-Fu Tuan, Cosmos and Hearth