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Porphyrian, a.2 (n.)|pɔːˈfɪrɪən|
[ad. L. type *Porphyriānus, f. Porphyri-us (a. Gr. Πορϕύριος), proper name (f. πόρϕυρ-ος purple) + -ānus, -an.]
Of or pertaining to Porphyrius or Porphyry, the Neo-Platonic philosopher and antagonist of Christianity (a.d. 233–c 306), or to his doctrines.
Porphyrian scale or Porphyrian tree, a definition of man, in the form of a kind of genealogical table or tree displaying the series of subaltern genera to which he may be assigned below the summum genus substance, and the differentiæ by which each subaltern genus is distinguished within the genus next above it. The ‘tree’ is frequently used as an example of dichotomy. Its origin is to be found in Porphyry's Isagoge in Aristotelis Categorias 2 a 13 seqq. (ed. Brandis).
1593Nashe Christ's Teares Wks. (Grosart) IV. 194 Prosecute with all your authority, these Porphirian deriders. 1656Cowley Misc. Tree of Knowledge i, That right Porphyrian Tree which did true Logick shew, Each Leaf did learned Notions give, And th' Apples were Demonstrative. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 589 Even according to the Porphyrian Theology it self..the Three Hypostases in the Platonick Trinity, are ὁµοούσιοι, Co-Essential. 1678Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 59 You err, if you think this is he, Tho' seated on the top of the Porphyrian Tree. 1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 286 Every step it takes in the region of particulars, whether downwards in the Porphyrian scale, or sideways all round in the field of circumstances affords an additional security.
B. n. A disciple or follower of Porphyry; also called Porˈphyrianist. [F. Porphyrien.]
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. 594 The Arians (as Socrates recordeth) were by Constantine called Porphyrianists,..because Arius and Porphyrius did both of them alike, though upon different grounds, make their Trinity a foundation for creature-worship and idolatry. 1701tr. Le Clerc's Prim. Fathers (1702) 125 In another Letter..he [Constantine] enjoins the Name of Porphyrus to be given to Arius, and his Followers to be called Porphyrians. 1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 640 [Diodorus] combated Platonists and Porphyrians, Manichaeans and Apollinarists. |