elan vital

is always a case of a virtuality in the process of being actualized, a simplicity in the process of differentiating, a totality in the process of dividing proceeding 'by dissociation and division,' by 'dichotomy,' is the essence of life.

It is always a case of a virtuality in the process of being actualized, a simplicity in the process of differentiating, a totality in the process of dividing Proceeding 'by dissociation and division,' by 'dichotomy,' is the essence of life' (Deleuze in Hardt Apprentice15-16).

is that vital urge which makes us grow, and transforms this wandering planet into a theatre of unending creation.

Creation, so conceived, is not a mystery; we experience it in ourselves when we act freely," *tohen we consciously choose our actions and plot our lives. 1 Our struggles and our sufferings, our ambitions and our defeats, 6ur yearnings to be better and stronger than we are, are the voice and current of the Elan Vital in us, that vital urge which makes us grow, and transforms this wandering planet into a theatre of unending creation.

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elan vital