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Microcosm–macrocosm analogy

The microcosm–macrocosm analogy (or, equivalently, macrocosm–microcosm analogy) refers to a historical view that posited a structural similarity between the human being (the microcosm, i.e., the small order or the small universe) and the cosmos as a whole (the macrocosm, i.e., the great order or the great universe). Given this fundamental analogy, truths…

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related to Other sources cited · 208
Microcosm–macrocosm analogy → Albrecht, Alexandria, Allen, Almqvist, Aminrazavi, Ancient, Andalusī Bāṭinism, Anders, Andreas Vesalius, André-Jean, Arabic, Archivio, Archéologie Orientale, BEHE-EB, Berkeley, Bibliothèque, Brepols, Brill, Brussels, Cairo
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Microcosm–macrocosm analogy → Allers, Art, Barkan, Broydé, Columbia University Press, Conger, Date, Detroit, Encyclopaedia Judaica, Frank, Fred, From Anaximandros, Funk, George Perrigo, History, Image, In Berenbaum, In Singer, Isaac, ISBN
related to Middle Ages · 52
Microcosm–macrocosm analogy → Abraham, Andalus, Andalusian, Arabic, Aristotle, Bahya, Book, Brethren, CE, Creation, Cusa, Córdoba, Epistles, Especially, Ezra, German, Godfrey, Having, Hayyan, Hebrew
related to Antiquity · 22
Microcosm–macrocosm analogy → Alexandria, Among, Anaximander, Avot, BCE, Bundahishn, CE, Greek, Greek Hermetica, Hellenistic, Hippocratic, In, Jewish Rabbinical, Neoplatonists, Philo, Plato, Platonic, Rabbi Nathan, Stoic, Stoics
related to Renaissance · 16
Microcosm–macrocosm analogy → Andreas Vesalius, De, Francesco Patrizi, Giordano Bruno, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Hermeticism, It, Marsilio Ficino, Neoplatonism, Paracelsus, Renaissance, Robert Fludd, Some, Swiss, The, Tommaso Campanella

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microcosm analogy macrocosm isbn human philosophy cosmos also mind philosophers jewish ibn medieval may soul world greek early ancient view

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Bahya ibn Paqudainstance ofthe Epistles were of central importance to Sephardic philosophers0.80text
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