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great chain of being

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"
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great chain of being
Didacus Valades (Diego Valades) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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great chain of being

Summary

great chain of being is a philosophical concept[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of philosophical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (559 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • great chain of being's image is recorded as Great Chain of Being 2.png[3].
  • great chain of being's instance of is recorded as philosophical concept[4].
  • great chain of being's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85022334[5].
  • great chain of being's Commons category is recorded as Great Chain of Being[6].
  • great chain of being's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01845r[7].
  • great chain of being's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • great chain of being's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Great-Chain-of-Being[9].
  • great chain of being's FAST ID is recorded as 851759[10].
  • great chain of being's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2142395[11].
  • great chain of being's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 192349290[12].
  • great chain of being's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007284795705171[13].
  • great chain of being's Lex ID is recorded as scala_naturae[14].
  • great chain of being's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as yhe5ydj3[15].
  • great chain of being's A Dictionary of Cultural Anthropology entry ID is recorded as 163[16].
  • great chain of being's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/6697670b-2fa2-4258-9cd5-f6e1155a649a[17].

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Designation and Status

great chain of being's instance of is recorded as philosophical concept[4].

Why It Matters

great chain of being ranks in the top 9% of philosophical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (559 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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