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Life force

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Life force may refer to:

  • Vitality, ability to live or exist
  • Vitalism, the belief in the existence of vital energy
    • Energy (esotericism), a concept in spirituality and alternative medicine
      • Prana, the Sanskrit word for "life force" or "vital principle"
      • Qi, an active principle forming part of any living thing (translated as "natural energy", "life force", or "energy flow")
      • Élan vital, a philosophical term coined by Henri Bergson in 1907 – roughly translated as "vital impetus" or "vital force"
  • Vijñāna (translated as "consciousness," "life force", "mind" or "discernment")

Art and entertainment

  • Life Force, a 1967 album by American saxophonist Eric Kloss
  • Life Force, a sculpture at Columbia University, New York City
  • Life Force, an alternate version of the video game Salamander
  • Life Force, a 2000 British science fiction television series
  • Lifeforce (comics), a Marvel Comics character
  • Lifeforce, a 1985 science fiction-horror film
  • A Life Force, by Will Eisner
  • Lifeforce Records, a record label
  • Life Force, a novel by Fay Weldon in 1992
  • Life Force, a fictional group of traveling doctors in Africa, within the Hong Kong television series The Last Breakthrough
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