Re: Scala naturae

okin006 asks:

>I try to find the picture of the SCALA NATURAE created by Aristote.
>Does anybody knows where i could find it ?

Another commonly used phrase for Aristotle's "scala naturae" is "The Great
Chain of Being." A schematic of the notion, along with Aristotle's ideas on a
hierarchically ordered cosmos, can be found in the image at:

     http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/images/greatChain.gif

Wirt Atmar