An Introduction to the Philosophy of Animate Nature

The aim of this book is to serve as an introduction to the metaphysical study of life in undergraduate colleges. It presupposes that the student has made a study of general metaphysics or at least has been given a good introduction to the general problems of philosophy. At the end of each chapter a summary has been added to make it easier for the student to obtain a comprehensive view of the matter.This is a reprint of the 1960 revised edition.