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Divided or dividing into three parts or into threes.

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  • Peirce's trichotomous classification placed Sciences of
  • Nations (1776), introduced a new trichotomous scheme referring to economic functions.
  • This trichotomous view of humans ie people are souls with legs on is common to all Creationists whether OE or YE
  • For Marx, a dichotomous scheme is still dominant, and the trichotomous division is seen as a deviation which is “by its very nature” only tem - porary.
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