'''Macrocosm and microcosm''' is an ancient [[Greek philosophy|Greek]] schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the [[cosmos]]. It may have begun with [[Democritus]] in the 5th century B.C. or with [[Pythagoras]] and is a philosophical conception that runs through [[Socrates]], and [[Plato]] all the way to the [[Renaissance]]. With [[Pythagoras]], the discovery of the [[golden ratio]] and its philosophical conception called the [[Golden mean]], the Greeks observed the golden ratio in many parts of the ordered universe both large and small. Philosophically, the Greeks were concerned with a rational explanation of everything and saw the repetition of the golden mean throughout the world and all levels of reality as a step towards this unifying theory. In short, it is the recognition that the same traits appear in entities of many different sizes, from one man to the entire human population. | '''Macrocosm and microcosm''' is an ancient [[Greek philosophy|Greek]] schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the [[cosmos]]. It may have begun with [[Democritus]] in the 5th century B.C. or with [[Pythagoras]] and is a philosophical conception that runs through [[Socrates]], and [[Plato]] all the way to the [[Renaissance]]. With [[Pythagoras]], the discovery of the [[golden ratio]] and its philosophical conception called the [[Golden mean]], the Greeks observed the golden ratio in many parts of the ordered universe both large and small. Philosophically, the Greeks were concerned with a rational explanation of everything and saw the repetition of the golden mean throughout the world and all levels of reality as a step towards this unifying theory. In short, it is the recognition that the same traits appear in entities of many different sizes, from one man to the entire human population. |