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Trichotomy (philosophy)

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division into three categories

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To that extent a division, in the first instance, has three members: but as particularity exhibits itself as double, the division may go to the extent even of four members. In the sphere of mind trichotomy is predominant, a circumstance which Kant has the credit of bringing into notice.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, The Logic of Hegel
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Obj. 3: Further, operation and permission appertain to all creatures in common, since God works in them all, and permits some action in them all. But precept, counsel, and prohibition belong to rational creatures only. Therefore they do not come rightly under one division, not being of one order. Obj. 4: Further, evil happens in more ways than good, since "good happens in one way, but evil in all kinds of ways," as…
Aquinas Thomas, Summa Theologica, Part I
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Arranging the sciences according to this mutual relation, we find them grouped naturally in six primary divisions[2]; Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Sociology. Each passes through the three phases of developments before the one succeeding it. Without continuous reference to this classification the theory of development would be confused and vague.
Auguste Comte, A General View of Positivism Or, Summary exposition of the System of Thought and Life
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