Associations to the word «Vitalism»

Wiktionary

VITALISM, noun. The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.

Dictionary definition

VITALISM, noun. (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin