Definition of Microcosm

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Definition of Microcosm
	Microcosm 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. Related Definitions: As, By, Called, Epitome, Exterior, Great, Hence, Little, Macrocosm, Man, Miniature, Of, Opposed, Or, So, Supposed, The, To, Universe, World

Microcosm Quotations

Sports is human life in microcosm.
Howard Cosell

Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.
Ice T

Sports are a microcosm of society.
Billie Jean King

In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.
David Bohm

Remembering that man is indeed the microcosm, the universe in miniature, the Divine Dance of the future should be able to convey with its slightest gestures some significance of the universe.
Ruth St. Denis

Well, today, the diocese is more than ever a microcosm.
Rowan D. Williams

It's thrilling. There's birth and death and frustration and victory in raising horses. It's like a little microcosm of life is built into the short lives of these creatures.
John Phillips

Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus

Microcosm Translations

microcosm in German is Mikrokosmos
microcosm in Spanish is microcosmo

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