The doctrine of Vital Force unites Western Being and African Life
Evidence
The aļ¬rmation of Tempels to be recalled here is fundamental for dialogue between Ontology, the Western doctrine of Being (as principle), and Vitalogy, the African doctrine of Life (as principle). The passage which brings us together (unity within the diļ¬erences) concerns the Ontology of the Vital Force as referred hereafter. ā Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_ā¦, 198
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines Vitalogy as the African doctrine of Life as principle, mirroring Ontology as doctrine of Being.
- XREF: connects to: The English Civil War revived vitalist philosophy as an alternative to mechanism ā Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,ā¦, 526