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Meanings of chain of being in English

Russian
великая цепь бытия
Portuguese
scala naturae
Catalan
escala de la natura
Spanish
escala natural

Medieval Christian concept.

Related terms
великая цепь бытия
Usage of chain of being in English
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Darwin's great chain of being has advanced us to chicken-necked bipeds clasping 3in screens.
The Irish Times
2
Every link in the great chain of being attracts the nemesis which breaks it!
To Die in Italbar
3
Men and women could no longer ascend the chain of being to God by their own efforts.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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If it had stopped there it would have sounded like a version of the Elizabethan chain of being.
The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
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Step by step, a Christian could ascend the chain of being until he reached God, his natural element and home.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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No link is broken in the chain of being; any more than in passing from infancy to manhood, from manhood to old age.
Hyperion
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Augustine's mind was filled with the Greek imagery of the great chain of being instead of the Semitic images of the seven heavens.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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But because its existence was so different from that of anything else, it was not just another item in the chain of being.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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The One existed in serene contemplation of itself beyond the ravages of time and change at the pinnacle of the great chain of being.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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His colour came and went, his eye danced and his tones grew deep and tremulous, as he dwelt on the illimitable chain of being.
The Last Leaf / Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men ...
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Claims for gradualism attain their highest frequencies at "opposite" ends of the conventional chain of being-thatis, for foraminifers and for mammals.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
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Humans, at the top of the great chain of being, had a God-given right to superintend the animals of the world as they saw fit.
The Irish Times
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The rotten chain of beings reaches down into this slaughter field of souls.
The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
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Thus the chain of beings is like a serpent eating his own tail....
Clerambault: The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War
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What if that first link in the Great Chain of being-OrholamHimself-isas empty as every other link before him?
The black prism
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Vast chain of Being!
The Illustrated London Reading Book
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