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The nature of living matter
Lancelot Thomas Hogben
What separates a living thing from dead matter? Lancelot Hogben weighs vitalism against mechanism, tracing the mechanization of consciousness and the physical basis of life. Rigorous, bold, and unafraid of the deepest biological question. A sharp early-modern argument about the nature of the living. For readers drawn to the border where biology meets philosophy. Confront the mystery of what makes matter alive.
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57 chapters
- 1THE NATURE OF LIVING MATTER
- 2FOREWORD
- 3CONTENTS
- 4PART I VITALISM AND MECHANISM SUMMARY
- 5INTRODUCTION
- 6§1
- 7§2
- 8§3
- 9I. THE MECHANIZATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- 10§1
- 11§2
- 12§3
- 13II. THE ATOMISTIC VIEW OF PARENTHOOD
- 14§1
- 15§2
- 16§3
- 17III. THE NATURE OF LIFE
- 18§1
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