(Greek) Micro means “small, little, trivial, slight.” Cosmos means
“order, harmony, the world (from its perfect order and arrangement).”
In Universal Gnosticism, the term microcosmos refers to the human
being, who is a universe in minature.
"All that the Holy One created in the world He created in man." - Talmud, Abot de Rabbi Nathan 31
"Know thyself (Greek: γνῶθι σεαυτόν, gnōthi seauton; Latin: nosce te ipsum), and thou shalt know the universe and its gods..." - Inscription at the Temple of Delphi
