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Categories: Ontology, Specific models, Term logic, Neoplatonism, 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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