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Hierarchy
A hierarchy (from the Greek hierarchia, "rule of a high priest", from hierarkhes, "leader of sacred rites") is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another.
A hierarchy can link entities either directly or indirectly, and either vertically or diagonally. The only direct links in a hierarchy, insofar as they are hierarchical, are to one's immediate superior or to one of one's subordinates, although a system that is largely hierarchical can also incorporate alternative hierarc ...more
A hierarchy can link entities either directly or indirectly, and either vertically or diagonally. The only direct links in a hierarchy, insofar as they are hierarchical, are to one's immediate superior or to one of one's subordinates, although a system that is largely hierarchical can also incorporate alternative hierarc ...more
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Most ecofeminists reject dichotomies and hierarchies as alien to the natural world – nature is interconnections.
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― Sister Species: Women, Animals and Social Justice
― Sister Species: Women, Animals and Social Justice
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Daimonology has no hierarchy, but only the spell of universal anarchy.
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― Applied Daimonology. Principles and essays.
― Applied Daimonology. Principles and essays.
