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The Role of Entelecliy in the Continuity of Life . 181 



Entelechy and Chemism . . . .181 



An Explanation of the Limits of Regulability and of 



Life in General . . . . .182 



Entelechy Burdened with as Little as Possible . 184 



Entelechy and " Catalysis " .... 186 

 Conclusions . . . . . .187 



3. ENTELECHY IN ITS RELATION TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF 



GIVEN ELEMENTS . . . . . .189 



a. SOME APPARENT CONTRADICTIONS BETWEEN ENTELECHY 

 AND THE TRUE SECOND AND THE THIRD EMPIRICAL 

 PRINCIPLE OF ENERGETICS . . . .189 



The Problem . . . . . .189 



A Partial Solution . . . . .190 



/3. THE ELEMENTAL ROLE OF ENTELECHY IN CREATING 



"DIVERSITIES OF DISTRIBUTION" . . . 191 



The Role of Eutelechy in Morphogenesis . . 191 



The Role of Entelechy in Acting . . .193 



7. THE ROLE OF ENTELECHY DOES NOT CONTRADICT THE 

 PRINCIPLES OF THE INORGANIC AS THEY ARE, BUT 

 AS THEY MIGHT BE FORMULATED . . .195 



5. BUT THE ROLE OF ENTELECHY AGREES WITH A CERTAIN 



GENERAL ONTOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE . . . 197 



e. THE "DEMONS" OF MAXWELL .... 198 



4. PROVISIONAL REMARKS ON ENTELECHY AND THE CLASSES 



OF NATURAL AGENTS . . . . .201 



On " Phenomenalism " . . . . .201 



The " Constants " . . . . . .202 



Negative Characteristics of Entelechy . . . 204 



A Gap in the Scale of Natural Factors . . . 205 



A Few Words on " Explaining " . . . .206 



5. ENTELECHY AND MECHANICS ..... 208 



a. THE FOUNDATIONS OF MECHANICAL PHYSICS . . 208 



On a Possible Qualitative Science that is Complete . 208 



The Epistemological Character of Universal Mechanics 209 



The Psychological Basis of Universal Mechanics . 212 



/3. THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF UNIVERSAL MECHANICS . 214 



Mere Movement and the Causation of Movement . 215 

 The Forms of Mechanical Causation . . . 216 



Pure Kinetics Negligible .... 217 



