# 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"

**Wikidata**: [Q2049050](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2049050)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_chain_of_being)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/great-chain-of-being


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File