· 2017
The Great Chain of Being
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Arthur Lovejoy's seminal 1936 work, 'The Great Chain of Being,' analyzes the historical concept of a divinely ordered universe with pre-determined stages, arguing that philosophical history is marked by conceptual confusion and that current modes of thought may not be permanent.
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