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We investigate the relation between self-organization and living processes from a systemic perspective. Emphasis is given to Aristotle’s conception of four causes in order to provide foundations for a systemic approach to life. From this perspective, life is characterized as a self-organizing process that allows the emergence and evolution of systems capable of self-locomotion, in the Aristotelian sense of moving and growing.Referências
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