Microcosms and Macrocosms: Capitalism and the Latent Metaphysics of Scale

Using the metaphor of microcosm and macrocosm, this thought-piece moves through a number of seemingly very different texts—from the Sibylline Oracles to Voltaire's Micromegas to J. M. Keynes's "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren"—to ask what if any remnants of metaphysical concerns linger on in contemporary micro/macro divides.