Macrocosmus

Japanese: macrocosmus
Macrocosmus

…the opposite of macrocosmus, referring to the small world (microcosm) that corresponds to the larger world (macrocosm), i.e., humans. This type of thought, which considers humans in contrast to the universe, was seen as early as the early classical Greek period in Democritus, but was particularly popular among the Platonic school, and was spoken of in connection with the Timaeus-like, vitalist view of the universe.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "macrocosmus" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…マクロコスモスmacrocosmusの対概念で,大きな世界(大宇宙)に対応する小さな世界(小宇宙),すなわち人間を指す。人間と宇宙とを対比させて考えるこの思想型は,すでに初期古典ギリシア時代のデモクリトスにみられるが,とくにプラトン学派の人々に好んで用いられ,《ティマイオス》的・生命的宇宙観と結びつけて語られた。…

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