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Categories: Aristotelianism, Neoplatonism, Term logic, Specific models, Concepts in logic
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Porphyrian tree  Arbor Porphyriana  Porphyry's tree  scala praedicamentalis  Tree of Porphyry
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The Porphyrian tree or Tree of Porphyry is a classic device for illustrating a "scale of being", attributed to the 3rd century CE Greek neoplatonist philosopher and logician Porphyry, and revived through the translations of Boethius. Wikipedia
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The Porphyrian tree or Tree of Porphyry is a classic device for illustrating a "scale of being", attributed to the 3rd century CE Greek neoplatonist philosopher and logician Porphyry, and revived through the translations of Boethius. Wikipedia
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Porphyry
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Porphyrian tree
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Porphyrian tree
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Arbor Porphyriana, Arbor porphyriana, Porphyry's tree, scala praedicamentalis, Tree of Porphyry

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