canaryswearthe only kind of porphyrian tree that is drawn up by anyone, especially in learning what this is, is not even a porphyrian tree; it's what WOULD be a porphyrian tree--of animals, of geometric shapes--if not for the fact that the divisions made are according to accidental rather than essential determinations. that is to say, from the moment it is introduced, excuses are made for its inadequacy to represent its subject matter, and the people who understand what a porphyrian tree actually is meant for (the classification of living things in terms of the different qualities of their souls, e.g., christian theology) take this relative uselessness to be a sign of its power; other questions are trivial and this triviality is represented in the tree's indifference. it is an intensely & at times violently, domineeringly boring thing that reproduces its boredom everywhere it goes
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