macrocosm

Japanese: macrocosm
macrocosm

…Ousia is the idea of ​​the true being, and chora is the space that corresponds to matter or material. Another characteristic idea of ​​Plato is that he regards the universe as the macrocosm and humans as the microcosm that contrasts with it, which can also be said to mean that Plato considered the universe to be a living, active organism (for example, in Phaedrus, Plato likens the universe to a chariot and Zeus to the one who controls it). This ancient view of the universe was accepted with limitations along with the development of Judaism and Christianity, which have a strong concept of the Creator as the only creator of the world.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ウーシアはイデアたる〈真実有〉であり,コーラは質料,素材に相当する〈空間〉である。もう一つプラトンに特徴的な発想は,こうした宇宙を大宇宙(マクロコスモスmacrocosm)としたときに,人間はそれと対比をもつ小宇宙(ミクロコスモスmicrocosm)として把握されている点であって,そのことはまたプラトンにあっては,宇宙は一つの有機体として生き生きと活動する概念であったともいえる(例えば《ファイドロス》におけるプラトンは,宇宙を〈戦車〉にたとえ,それを御するものとしてゼウスを擬している)。 こうした古代的宇宙観は,唯一の世界創造者としての創造主概念を強力にもつユダヤ・キリスト教の展開とともに,限定付きで受けとられた。…

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出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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