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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=philosophy">philosophy</a> (particularly the <a href="page.php?w=theory_of_categories">theory of categories</a>), the <b>Porphyrian tree</b> (also spelled <b>Porphyrean tree</b>) or <b>Tree of Porphyry</b> is a classic device for illustrating a "scale of being" , attributed to the 3rd-century <a href="page.php?w=Common_Era">CE</a> Greek <a href="page.php?w=Neoplatonism">neoplatonist</a> philosopher and logician <a href="page.php?w=Porphyry_%28philosopher%29">Porphyry</a>, and revived through the translations of <a href="page.php?w=Boethius">Boethius</a>.</p><p>
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