CONCLUSIONS OF PART II 



SUMMARY 



We now have tried to solve as far as we could the problem 

 of " individuality ' and the natural factors established by 

 its aid, or, to speak in the usual terminology, the problem 

 of teleology. Teleology is by no means " causality seen 

 from behind," as many of our dogmatic philosophers 

 maintain. Teleology or individuality is as elemental as 

 causality. 



The category of individuality entitles us to introduce 

 into " ideal nature " a special kind of elemental constituents, 

 and into given nature a special kind of elemental factors, 

 which are unspatial but imply duration. Entelechy and the 

 psychoid are types of them. We are entitled to introduce 

 them since the ontological category of individuality is 

 possessed by consciousness ; for this reason life is really 

 explained by entelechy. 



Immediate psychological self - analysis shows us this 

 category at work. With regard to objectified nature in- 

 direct proofs are required. Some such proofs have been 

 found ; they relate to typical and specific combinations in 

 organic nature, which are typical and specific with regard 

 to space, or time, or both. 



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