micrathene

[Pref. micr-, and Gr. Athēnē =the godde Minerva, to whom the owl was sa cred.] IMG:content-1181.png:[blocks in formation] "There were some also, that stayed not here; but went further, and held, that if the spirit of man (whom they call the microcosm ) do give a fit touch to the spirit of the world, by strong imaginations and beliefs, it might command nature."- Bacon : Nat . Hist ., § 900. 2. A little community or society.