Concept associated with Aristotelian philosophy in which all forms of life on the planet exist in ranked order, from the most to the least important, in a "ladder of life"
Wikidata
Source:
Works from the collections
4 works
- Books
The great chain of being : a study of the history of an idea / by Arthur O. Lovejoy.
Arthur Oncken LovejoyDate: 1936- Books
Jacob's ladder and the tree of life : concepts of hierarchy and the great chain of being / edited by Marion Leathers Kuntz and Paul Grimley Kuntz.
Date: [1987]- Books
Reforging the great chain of being : studies of the history of modal theories / edited by Simo Knuuttila.
Date: [1981]- Books
William and John Hunter : breaking the Great Chain of Being / W.D. Ian Rolfe.
William David Ian RolfeDate: 1985