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'''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.

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]