Note 198

Taking into account the forced subdivision of science, one then must surely say that organismic chemistry, in contrast to organic chemistry, still needs a physiology, yes, even a morphological anatomy, in order to be complete. The  form-chemistry  (chemistry of forms) of the life-organismic, the  morphological chemistry  or the  organismic chemistry, is at last again a chemistry of wholenesses  as is classical chemistry [with its "chemical compounds" seen (as in their molecular or crystalline form) as true metaphysically conceived Substances)], and therefore not to be confused with physiological chemistry (which is merely an enquiry of details, of parts, and thus being a special case in classical chemistry, and in organismic chemistry a classical part).

Today we are perfectly capable of taking the organismic form approximately causally, but, it is true, not in the form of a short formula or equation. We must adapt ourselves to a description of which the details are provided by Unimol, wholeness view, doctrine of the self-existential function, genetics, and embryology, as well as phylogenetics and selection, with their rules and regularities. This still somewhat laborious definition may substantially be shortened later on when appropriate short-hand formulations can be introduced, and when increased knowledge and insight saves us from much lengthiness, as we can also reckon in classical chemistry that, in listing and mentioning the special concepts, the knowledge "standing at the base" is present and ready for use.

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