"Man is the summit, the crown of nature's development, and must comprehend everything that has preceded him, even as the fruit includes within itself all the earlier developed parts of the plant. In a word, Man must represent the whole world in miniature."

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Source : Lorenz Oken, Alfred Tulk (1847). “Elements of Physiophilosophy”, p.2

Lorenz Oken

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