Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe.
Man is a universe within himself.
Man is a spiritual intelligence, who has taken flesh with the object of gaining experience in worlds below the spiritual, in order that he may be able to master and to rule them, and in later ages take his place in the creative and directing hierarchies of the universe.
One man is equivalent to all Creation. One man is a World in miniature.
Man is the measure of all things.
Remembering that man is indeed the microcosm, the universe in miniature, the Divine Dance of the future should be able to convey with its slightest gestures some significance of the universe.
Man lives in a world of meaning.
The earth incites the wonder and admiration of man even though he is imperfect and his understanding greatly limited.
Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.
Man is an individual. The animals, plants and minerals are divided into species. They are not individualized in the same sense that man is.
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