- porphyrian
- por·phyr·i·an
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Porphyrian tree — An arbor porphyriana or Porphyrian tree, created by Porphyry, is a hierarchical (tree structured) ontology, construction in logic consisting of three rows or columns of words; the middlemost whereof contains the series of genus and species, and… … Wikipedia
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porphyrian tree — noun Usage: usually capitalized P : tree of porphyry … Useful english dictionary
Neo-Platonism — Eyjólfur K.Emilsson GENERAL INTRODUCTION Neo Platonism is usually defined as the philosophy of Plotinus, who lived in the third century AD, and his followers in the pagan Graeco Roman world in late antiquity. The most significant philosophers… … History of philosophy
Porphyry (philosopher) — For other uses, see Porphyry (disambiguation). Porphyry of Tyre Porphire Sophiste, in a French 16th c. engraving Full name Porphyry of Tyre Born ca. 234 AD Tyre Died ca … Wikipedia
Predicables — (Lat. praedicabilis, that which may be stated or affirmed, sometimes called quinque voces or five words ) is, in scholastic logic, a term applied to a classification of the possible relations in which a predicate may stand to its subject. The… … Wikipedia
Isagoge — The Isagoge or Introduction to Aristotle s Categories , written by Porphyry in Greek and translated into Latin by Boethius, was the standard textbook on logic for at least a millennium after his death. It was composed by Porphyry in Sicily during … Wikipedia
Porphyry — Porphyrean /pawr fear ee euhn/, adj. Porphyrian, adj., n. Porphyrianist, n. /pawr feuh ree/, n. (Malchus) A.D. c233 c304, Greek philosopher. * * * ▪ Syrian philosopher original name Malchus born c. 234, Tyre [modern Ṣūr, Lebanon] or Batanaea… … Universalium
Árbol de la ciencia — Arbor Scientae de Raimundo Lulio, en una edición de 1505. Árbol de la ciencia es un concepto que aparece en el libro del Génesis: el Árbol de la ciencia del bien y del mal cuyos frutos Dios prohíbe al hombre, y que el demonio consigue hacer… … Wikipedia Español
Functional decomposition — refers broadly to the process of resolving a functional relationship into its constituent parts in such a way that the original function can be reconstructed (i.e., recomposed) from those parts by function composition. In general, this process of … Wikipedia
