The tree forces us beyond the genus animal. Step 1: animal does not include a tree. Step 2: the classical category growing body covers both humans and trees. Step 3: it becomes the appropriate common genus for this pair, even though it is remote relative to the species human.
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Proximate and Remote Genus and Differentia
The tree forces us beyond the genus animal. Step 1: animal does not include a tree. Step 2: the classical category growing body covers both humans and trees. Step 3: it becomes the appropriate common genus for this pair, even though it is remote relative to the species human.