vitalist


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one who believes in vitalism

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Second, the article traces unmaking--remaking from a vitalist point of view--namely via bringing non-human agencies and atmospheres fully into the calculus of the assemblage of 'home'.
In this chapter, Driesch briefly outlines a theory of 'my body' as a natural body, its senses, its functions--with several references to the notions of 'entelechy' and 'psychoid' which Driesch had developed in some of his earlier 'vitalist' publications; (29) thereby the 'psychoid' is (simply put) the 'entelechy' in-so-far as it relates specifically to the abovementioned human actions.
Lawrence's restatement of the Fall myth in terms of a vitalist, sexual energy; Lawrence was influenced by his Congregationalist pastor, a devotee of R.J.
(17-21) It is from here that holism, powers, and causality were shaped into the vitalist story that responded to the mechanism of the 17th century.
Among upcoming launches from CoverGirl is a new foundation, Vitalist Healthy Elixir, formulated to provide full coverage while protecting skin with SPF 20 and hydrating, vitamin-infused ingredients.
But Lawrence also means "life and death" in a less literal way: He identifies in club culture a vitalist spirit of eros, a celebration of the ways in which desire, communality, and improvisation can dissolve boundaries.
Lobis professes that Cavendish's natural philosophy (which reflects her vitalist and monist materialist worldview) is governed by sympathies and antipathies but not in enforced or predetermined terms, but rather in active, voluntary ones.
The link in the poem between Frobenius's notion of pseudomorphosis and Spengler's idealist conceptualizion of major historical shifts, had he seen it, would have helped complete Wilder's thesis that Senghor and Cesaire were vitalist thinkers who belong to a family he calls "romantic anticapitalism" (p.
Foix shrewdly saw that these features belie Maragall's vitalist claim that the poet enjoys a privileged connection to nature.
Self-discovery and personal development are major vitalist values....
He also explores the concept of pragmatism, which involves knowledge valued for its practical applications, but he admonishes that "pragmatists do not specify what humankind wants to succeed at." Phelps clearly espouses an individualist approach to the good life found in the "vitalist" school, which translates eudaimonia to a broader concept of individual "flourishing" and "self-discovery" and attaining the "highest good" while still being an active participant in the modern economy.
How does psychology, viewed through a vitalist perspective, affect ideas of selfhood and created fictional characters?