[87] Sent., 1, 11, 1.
[88] “Mundus est universitas omnis, quae constat ex coelo et terra.... Secundum mysticum sensum, mundus competenter homo significatur, quia sicut ille ex quatuor concretus est elementis, ita et iste constat quatuor humoribus uno temperamento commistis. Unde et veteres hominem in communionem fabricae mundi constituerunt. Siquidem Graece mundus κόσμος, homo autem μικρόκοσμος, id est minor mundus, est appellatus.” D. N. R., 9, 2, and 3. Cf. 11, 3.
[89] Sentent., 1, 8, 1–2.
[90] Etym., 16, 25, 19.
[91] Etym., 1, 3, 4. Cf. 6, 1, 3.
[92] Etym., 11, 1, 109. Cf. Diff., 2, 17, 56 and 71.
[93] While this mode of viewing the universe had its origin in pagan antiquity, and even earlier, its scope was greatly enlarged by Christian thinkers. Living in a world whose general constitution and purpose they thought they thoroughly understood, they were confident that even in its smallest details there could be perceived a conscious adaptation to the whole. This idea they often carried so far as seemingly to leave no place for chance or convention. Each trifling matter was given a meaning that was greater than itself.
[94] Etym., 16, 26, 10.
[95] Etym., 16, 25, 20.
[96] Etym., 3, 23, 2.