The Summary of Physics Restored

160The human being, prince of animals and of the lower world, is held to be a compendium of all Nature. His soul is an immortal ray of divine light; his body is an elegant assemblage of elements. The inward and imperceptible faculties of sense, through which he apprehends whatever meets him, are wholly heavenly, like stars pouring down knowledge of things. Movements and disturbances of the mind are like winds, whirlwinds, flashes, thunder, and meteors that boil up in the airy region of spirits and stir the heart and blood. The human being has therefore deservedly been called a microcosm and a complete little image of the universe.