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The concept of living has changed in time along the history of biology and its specificity has been associated or to a particular matter, active such as the chemical one, or was considered as a product of the spatial organization of a passive matter. Today, these two paths can be merged in the chemical perspective that takes account of the general reflections on the complexity and on the systemic, in the “systemic complexity” approach.
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Villani, G. Chemical perspective in the study of living beings: a systemic complexity approach. Found Chem 19, 77–91 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-016-9258-z
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