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великая цепь бытия Portuguese
scala naturae Catalan
escala de la natura Spanish
escala natural Synonyms
Examples for "great chain of being"
Examples for "great chain of being"
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Darwin's great chain of being has advanced us to chicken-necked bipeds clasping 3in screens.
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Every link in the great chain of being attracts the nemesis which breaks it!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Darwin's great chain of being has advanced us to chicken-necked bipeds clasping 3in screens.
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Every link in the great chain of being attracts the nemesis which breaks it!
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Men and women could no longer ascend the chain of being to God by their own efforts.
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If it had stopped there it would have sounded like a version of the Elizabethan chain of being.
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Step by step, a Christian could ascend the chain of being until he reached God, his natural element and home.
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