Meaning scala naturae
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scala naturaeA Latin term, translated as the "ladder of nature." An obsolete concept that life was organized in a linear hierarchy, with organisms increasing in perfection from lower forms to higher form [..]
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scala naturaeThe ladder of nature
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scala naturaea Latin expression meaning "natural ladder", is a sort of proto-taxonomy first developed by Aristotle, according to which the natural world can be arranged in a single linear series from inanimate matter through plants, invertebrates, higher vertebrates, and finally man. Along with Plato's Principle of Plenitude it led to the idea of [..]
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scala naturaeThe “scale of nature,” or Great Chain of Being: the pre-evolutionary concept that all living things were created in an orderly series of forms, from lower to higher.
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scala naturaeA metaphor used to describe the social hirarchy was beleived to be created by God
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