To an outsider, this reeks of old-fashioned essentialism and reification. Why do people insist on talking about
processes as if they were
things?
Life is a process that occurs in suitable assemblages of matter.
The intangible force that causes the vital functions of the body
Do people really still think like this in the modern world? I thought vitalism was out of fashion.
Spirits and souls are fictions used to terrify the gullible into obeying the priests.