Living being

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Living beings are more or less complexly formed organisms whose life is revealed in particular by metabolism, reproduction, irritability, growth, development (ontogenesis) and evolution (phylogenesis). Accordingly, plants, animals and humans are considered living beings, but not minerals. Collectively, living things are also called biota (from Greekβίος bíos "life"). Viruses are not commonly classified as living beings, but are of outstanding importance in the evolution of all living things because of their cross-species horizontal gene transfer.[1]

All living beings, besides humans also animals and plants, have their own etheric body, which is manifested by the characteristic time shape of their development, which results from the interaction of a multitude of biological, terrestrial and cosmic rhythms, which are scientifically investigated today especially by chronobiology.

Literature

  • Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson: Campbell Biologie, 10. Auflage, Pearson Studium 2015, ISBN 978-3-8632-6725-4, eBook ASIN B0181U7ANU
  • David Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker: Purves Biologie, 10. Auflage, Springer Spektrum 2019, ISBN 978-3662581711, eBook ASIN B07TSKPPSW
  • David Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker, Dave Hall, David Sadava, Marta Laskowski: Life: The Science of Biology, 12th edition, WH Freeman 2020, ISBN 978-1319315788, 9th edition (2011)
  • Marek B. Majorek: Rudolf Steiners Geisteswissenschaft: Mythisches Denken oder Wissenschaft?, 2 Bände, Verlag Narr Francke Attempto, Tübingen 2015, ISBN 978-3772085635, eBook: ASIN B0714F4N5R
  • Peter Heusser: Anthroposophie und Wissenschaft: Eine Einführung. Erkenntniswissenschaft, Physik, Chemie, Genetik, Biologie, Neurobiologie, Psychologie, Philosophie des Geistes, Anthropologie, Anthroposophie, Medizin, Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 2016, ISBN 978-3723515686
  • Bernd Rosslenbroich: Entwurf einer Biologie der Freiheit - Die Frage der Autonomie in der Evolution, Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3772528590
  • Bernd Rosslenbroich (editor): Perspektiven zur Biologie der Freiheit: Autonomieentwicklung in Natur, Kultur und Landschaft, Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3772528958
  • Thomas Hardtmuth: Die Rolle der Viren in Evolution und Medizin – Versuch einer systemischen Perspektive in: Jahrbuch für Goetheanismus 2019, Pädagogische Forschungsstelle Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3944911823
  • Thomas Hardtmuth: Mikrobiom und Mensch. Die Bedeutung der Mikroorganismen und Viren in Medizin, Evolution und Ökologie. Wege zu einer systemischen Perspektive, Salumed-Verlag 2021, ISBN 978-3-928914-42-0

References

  1. Cf. Hardtmuth (2019)