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"Vital force, or the immanent energy that promotes the processes of life in the body and in nature, has always proved a source of endless fascination and controversy. Indeed, the question of what vitalizes the body has haunted humanity since antiquity. Yet, with the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century and its profound impact on notions of life and body, the question of vital force became more formidable and pressing. Exposing the complexities of theorizing vital force in Spanish modernity, Nicolás Fernández-Medina's Life Embodied offers a novel and provocative assessment of the question of bodily life in Spain. Starting with Juan de Cabriada's landmark Carta filosofica, medico-chymica of 1687 and ending with Ramón Gómez de la Serna's avant-gardism of the 1910s, Fernández-Medina incorporates discussions of anatomy, philosophy, science, critical theory, history of medicine, and literary studies to argue that concepts of vital force served as powerful vehicles in Spain to interrogate the possibilities and limits of corporeality. Paying close attention to how the body's wondrous vital capabilities were conceived and strategically woven into critiques of modernity, Fernández-Medina engages the work of Miguel Boix y Moliner, Martín Martínez, Diego de Torres Villarroel, Sebastián Guerrero Herreros, Ignacio María Ruiz de Luzuriaga, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Pedro Mata y Fontanet, Ángela Grassi, Julián Sanz del Río, Miguel de Unamuno, and Pío Baroja, among others. Drawing on extensive research and analysis of the literature, Life Embodied breaks new ground as the first book to address the question of vital force in Spanish modernity."--
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Depression, confusion, and desperation sap the energy we need to address the challenges of life; Dr. Esser shows how we can uncap a well of energy and vitality to overcome problems and turn our lives around. Optimistic and easy to read, this book gives practical new insights into how to get the best out of living and how to cope with the worst.
Mental health. --- Vitality. --- Energy (Vitality) --- Vigor --- Health --- Longevity --- Vital force --- Emotional health --- Mental hygiene --- Mental physiology and hygiene --- Happiness --- Public health --- Mental illness --- Psychiatry --- Psychology --- Psychology, Pathological
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Qi (Chinese philosophy) --- Taoist philosophy --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Philosophy, Taoist --- Chʻi --- Chʻi (Chinese philosophy) --- Ki (Chinese philosophy) --- Philosophy, Chinese --- Vital force --- filosofie --- culturele antropologie --- China
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Seventy years ago, Erwin Schrödinger posed a simple, yet profound, question: 'What is life?'. How could the very existence of such extraordinary chemical systems be understood? This problem has puzzled biologists and physical scientists both before, and ever since.Living things are hugely complex and have unique properties, such as self-maintenance and apparently purposeful behaviour which we do not see in inert matter. So how does chemistry give rise to biology? Did life begin with replicating molecules, and, if so, what could have led the first replicating molecules up such a path? Now, deve
Life (Biology) --- Biology. --- Life sciences --- Biomass --- Natural history --- Biology --- Vie (biologie) --- Biologie --- Origine de la vie. --- Chimie --- Force vitale. --- Life --- Chemistry --- Vital force. --- Philosophie. --- Philosophy. --- Origin.
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Vitality. --- Caregivers --- Yoga --- Yoga exercises --- Exercise --- Philosophy, Indic --- Energy (Vitality) --- Vigor --- Health --- Longevity --- Vital force --- Psychology. --- Psychological aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Hinduism
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Sustained Energy for Enhanced Human Functions and Activity addresses the basic mechanistic aspects of energy metabolisms, the chemistry, biochemistry and pharmacology of a variety of botanical ingredients, micronutrients, antioxidants, amino acids, selected complexes, and other nutracueticals which have demonstrated a boost in and the sustainability of functional energy. The role of exercise and physical activity is also discussed, and the conclusion addresses paradigm shifts in the field and envisions the future.Intended for researchers and industry professionals, the book is as an essential reference on the impact of proper nutrient balance on sustained energy.--
Nutrition. --- Functional foods. --- Vitality. --- Energy (Vitality) --- Vigor --- Health --- Longevity --- Vital force --- Designer foods --- Medicinal food --- Medicinal foods --- Neutraceuticals --- Neutriceuticals --- Nutraceuticals --- Nutriceuticals --- Pharmafoods --- Food --- Alimentation --- Nutrition --- Physiology --- Diet --- Dietetics --- Digestion --- Food habits --- Malnutrition --- Health aspects
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Jung-Yeup Kim is assistant professor of philosophy at Kent State University.
Qi (Chinese philosophy) --- Philosophy, Chinese --- Chʻi --- Chʻi (Chinese philosophy) --- Ki (Chinese philosophy) --- Vital force --- Zhang, Zai, --- Chang, Tsai, --- Chang, Chae, --- 장재, --- 张載, --- Hengquxiansheng, --- Heng-chʻü-hsien-sheng, --- 橫渠先生, --- Zhang, Hengqu, --- Chang, Heng-chʻü, --- 張橫渠, --- Zhang, Zihou, --- Chang, Tzu-hou, --- 張子厚,
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"In his new book, eminent psychologist - Daniel Stern, author of the classic The interpersonal world of the infant, explores the hitherto neglected topic of "vitality" - that is, the force or power manifested by all living things. Vitality takes on many dynamic forms and permeates daily life, psychology, psychotherapy and the arts, yet what is vitality? We know that it is a manifestation of life, of being alive. We are very alert to its feel in ourselves and its expression in others. Life shows itself in so many different forms of vitality. But just how can we study this phenomenon? Till now, this has been a topic considered impervious to any kind of scientific study, but according to the Stern, it is possible to trace vitality to real physical and mental operations-- including movement, time, perception of force - as well as spatial aspects of the movement and its underlying intention. Within this fascinating book he shows how an understanding of vitality can help the psychotherapeutic process (including a look at the developmental origins of forms of vitality) and looks at how these theories of vitality might fit with our current knowledge of the workings of the brain. Truly a tour de force from a brilliant clinician and scientist, Forms of Vitality is a profound and absorbing book - one that will be essential reading for psychologists, psychotherapists, and those in the creative arts"--
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This book is an inquiry into ki-energy, its role within Eastern mind-body theory, and its implications for our contemporary Western understanding of the body. Yuasa examines the concept of ki-energy as it has been used in such areas as acupuncture, Buddhist and Taoist meditation, and the martial arts. To explain the achievement of mind-body oneness in these traditions he offers an innovative schematization of the lived body. His approach is interdisciplinary and cross-cultural, offering insights into Western philosophy, religion, medical science, depth psychology, parapsychology, theater, and physical education. To substantiate the relationship that ki-energy forms between the human body and its environment, Yuasa introduces contemporary scientific research on ki-energy in China and Japan, as well as evidence from acupuncture medicine and from the experience of meditators and martial arts practitioners. This evidence requires not only a rethinking of the living human body and of the mind-body and mind-matter relation, but also calls into question the adequacy of the existing scientific paradigm. Yuasa calls for an epistemological critique of modern science and explores the issue of the relation of teleology to science. "Among Japan's contemporary philosophers, Yuasa is one of the most provocative and far-reaching. His work critiques in a fruitful way the foundational ideas in Asian and Western philosophy, science, medicine, and the study of religion. He not only shows how ideas are culturally embedded, but also suggests how we can work across those cultural lines to make our theories more universal and more efficacious. Of his works available in English, this is not only his latest, but perhaps his most accessible."
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Vital Forces tells the history of the 'biochemical revolution', a period of unprecedentedly rapid advance in human knowledge that profoundly affected our view of life and laid the foundation for modern medicine and biotechnology. The story is told in a clear, engaging, and absorbing manner. This delightful work relates the fascinating and staggering advances in concepts and theories over the last 200 years and introduces the major figures of the times.Vital Forces also describes the discovery of the molecular basis of life through the stories of the scientists involved, inclu
Biochemistry. --- Biochemistry--History. Biochemistry--history. Molecular Biology--history. --- History. --- Molecular biology. --- Biochemistry --- Molecular Biology --- History --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Humanities --- Chemistry --- Genetics --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Biology --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Animal Biochemistry --- Human Anatomy & Physiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Life --- Vital force --- Molecular biology --- Origin --- Research --- Molecular biochemistry --- Molecular biophysics --- Élan vital --- Energy, Vital --- Force, Life --- Force, Vital --- Life force --- Vital energy --- Philosophy --- Biophysics --- Biomolecules --- Systems biology --- Force and energy --- Life (Biology) --- Qi (Chinese philosophy) --- Energy medicine --- Vitality --- Vie --- Force vitale --- Biochimie --- Biologie moléculaire --- Origines --- Recherche --- Histoire --- ELSEVIER-B EPUB-LIV-FT --- History (not cas)
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