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