CONTENTS XI 



SECTION B. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ORGANISM 

 INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSIONS 



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1. PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE IN GENERAL . . . 125 



2. THE CONCEPT OF TELEOLOGY ..... 129 



Teleology in General . . . . . .129 



The Two Classes of Teleology . . . .135 



3. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTELECHY . . . 137 



Extensive and Intensive Manifoldness . . .137 



Secondary and Primary Knowing and Willing . . 139 



Entelechy and the " Individuum " .... 145 

 The Classes of Bodies ..... 146 



The Order of Entelechies. Entelechy and Machine-Work . 150 

 Conclusions and New Problems . . . .151 



PART I. THE INDIRECT JUSTIFICATION OF 



ENTELECHY 



A. ENTELECHY AND UNIVOCAL DETERMINATION . . 153 



B. ENTELECHY AND CAUSALITY- 



GENERAL INTRODUCTION . . . . . .156 



Difficulties . . . . . . .156 



Different Forms of the Principle of Causality . . 158 



Our Theme . . . . . . .160 



1. ENTELECHY AND THE PRINCIPLE OF THE CONSERVATION OF 



ENERGY ....... 162 



a. THE PRINCIPLE ...... 162 



(3. THE PRINCIPLE IN ITS RELATION TO ENTELECHY . 164 



Certain Facts . . . . . .166 



On a Supposed Vital Energy .... 167 



Entelechy not Energy . . . . .168 



2. ENTELECHY AND THE "PRINCIPLE OF BECOMING" . . 171 



a. THE "SECOND" PRINCIPLE OF ENERGETICS . . 171 



The True Principle of Becoming . . . 172 



" Dissipation " as a " Third " Principle . . 174 



On Catenation of Energy .... 175 



ft. THE PRINCIPLE OF BECOMING IN ITS RELATION TO 



ENTELECHY . . . . . .176 



Again : Entelechy not Energy . . . .177 



The Relation of Kntc-lechy to the Intensities of Energies 178 

 The Action of Entelechy in "Suspending" Possible 

 Becoming . . . . . .179 



