Length1h 54m

About this audiobook

Life is ubiquitous on this planet Earth. It exists in a wide diversity of physical forms that are easily distinguishable those physical things that do not possess the special animation of life. Science has garnered considerable information about this collective matter of life identifying the two distinct life categories of plant and animal to facilitate our understanding, but that special defining characteristic that is the enables that special animation that all living things seem to share has never been identified. This discussion attempts to explain this very special life force in the context of how something that we all understand existing across this spectrum of all things living imbuing them with their special animation.

Audiobook details

GenreSpirituality and Religion, Science and Nature
Length1 hr 54 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 8, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
5Chapter 4: Is There a Special Life Force?
2Chapter 1: Mysterious Animation
6Chapter 5: Conscious Spectrum of Life
3Chapter 2: Two opposing Opinions
7Chapter 6: Composite Consciousness
4Chapter 3: Dissecting the Question
8Chapter 7: Lingering Questions

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