vital forces
Animating inner powers
Vital forces are the energies or powers believed to animate living things—what distinguishes the living from the dead.
The concept belongs to vitalism, a philosophical view that life cannot be explained by physics and chemistry alone.
Though largely abandoned in modern biology, the phrase persists in holistic medicine and spiritual contexts: Acupuncture is said to restore the body's vital forces.
- lifeAnimate state
- breath of lifeAnimating essence within beings
- divine sparkSacred essence within beings
- inner fireIntense personal motivation
- chiGreek letter or energy
living spirit · qi flow · stamina · health · drives · vigor · animation · dynamism · spirits · souls · essence · spiritual essence · prana · energy · cosmic energy · strength · holistic health · universal harmony
vital forcesmechanical energy
Energy from motion/position
chemical processes · Newtonian mechanics · mechanism · clockwork · clockwork mechanisms
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