Neoplatonic cosmology treated the cosmos as a living macrocosmic organism

Evidence

Neoplatonic magic postulated a hierarchical universe that extended from the base matter of the earth upward to the divine intellect. It accepted the tripartite division of the macrocosmic world into body, soul, and spirit, the components of a living organism. — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 458

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Organic cosmology was embodied in circular city plans replicating the macrocosm — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,…, 382; Neoplatonic cosmology retained a female world-soul as the source of natural motion — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,…, 458; Premodern thinkers conceived the cosmos as a living male-female animal — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,…, 449

Broader Connections

• Premodern thinkers conceived the cosmos as a living male-female animal #corroborates (0.85) — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 449