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question by itself, which certainly cannot be answered with- 

 out actual empirical research. 



Thus I decline, even more decidedly than in my former 

 publications, 1 any kind of " energetical " vitalism whatever. 



What, then, " is " entelechy if it is not a special kind of 

 energy ? More preparatory considerations are required to 

 decide this most important question. 



1 See in particular ray Naturlegriffe und Natururteile, Leipzig, 1904. 



