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=== Antiquity === Among [[Ancient Greek philosophy|ancient Greek]] and [[Hellenistic philosophy|Hellenistic]] philosophers, notable proponents of the microcosm–macrocosm analogy included [[Anaximander]] ({{circa|610|546 BCE}}),<ref>See, e.g., {{harvnb|Allers|1944}}.</ref> [[Plato]] ({{circa|428 or 424|348 BCE|lk=no}}),<ref>See especially {{harvnb|Olerud|1951}}.</ref> the [[Hippocratic Corpus|Hippocratic authors]] (late 5th or early 4th century BCE and onwards),<ref>See {{harvnb|Kranz|1938}}; {{harvnb|Schluderer|2018}}.</ref> and the [[Stoic physics|Stoics]] (3rd century BCE and onwards).<ref>See {{harvnb|Hahm|1977|loc=63ff.}}</ref> In later periods, the analogy was especially prominent in the works of those philosophers who were heavily influenced by [[Platonism|Platonic]] and Stoic thought, such as [[Philo of Alexandria]] ({{circa|20 BCE|50 CE|lk=no}}),<ref>See, e.g., {{harvnb|Runia|1986|loc=pp. 87, 133, 157, 211, 259, 278, 282, 315, 324, 339, 388, 465–466}}.</ref> the authors of the early Greek ''[[Hermetica]]'' ({{circa|100 BCE–300 CE|lk=no}}),<ref>See {{harvnb|Festugière|1944–1954|loc=vol. I, pp. 92–94, 125–131}}.</ref> and the [[Neoplatonism|Neoplatonists]] (3rd century CE and onwards).<ref>See, e.g., {{harvnb|Wilberding|2006|pp=53–56}}.</ref> The analogy was also employed in [[late antique]] and early medieval religious literature, such as in the ''[[Bundahishn]]'', a [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] encyclopedic work, and the ''[[Avot de-Rabbi Nathan]]'', a Jewish [[Rabbinic literature|Rabbinical text]].<ref>{{harvnb|Kraemer|2007}}; {{harvnb|Jacobs|Broydé|1906}}.</ref>
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