biogenhypothese

Updated: May 13, 2025

The most recent of these hypotheses is that set forth by Verworn in his book “Die Biogenhypothese.” He assumes, as the central vehicle of the vital functions, a unified living substance, the “biogen,” nearly related to the proteids which form the fundamental substance of protoplasm and of the cell-nucleus, and in contrast to which the other substances found in the living body are in part raw materials and reserves, and in part of a derivative nature, or the results of disruptive metabolism.

Rudolf Otto - Naturalism And Religion