macrocosm

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From the cipher of the Macrocosm Faust turns to that of the Earth-spirit, the spirit of human life and feeling.

From The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' by Cotterill, H. B. (Henry Bernard)

Macrocosm, mak′ro-kozm, n. the great world: the whole universe:—opp. to Microcosm.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Equally in the history of science and of medicine, 1542 is a starred year, marked by a revolution in our knowledge alike of Macrocosm and Microcosm.

From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by Osler, William

We must come back to the old teaching, that the Macrocosm is reproduced in the Microcosm, with the further perception that this identity of principle can only be produced by identity of cause.

From The Law and the Word by Troward, T. (Thomas)

He thought that “each plant was in a sympathetic relation with the Macrocosm and consequently with the Microcosm.”

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward