Difference between revisions of "Microcosm"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_143826" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. [[Opposed]] to macrocosm. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76672" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76672" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> Name given by the Middle Age philosophers to man as representing the macrocosm or universe in miniature. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_143826"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/microcosm Microcosm from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_76672"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/microcosm Microcosm from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_76672"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/microcosm Microcosm from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 17:43, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Name given by the Middle Age philosophers to man as representing the macrocosm or universe in miniature.
