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biogenesis

biogenesis Biogenesis is the principle that every living thing comes from one or more living parents, expressing the continuity of living substance.

Biogenesis is the principle that every living thing comes from one or more living parents, expressing the continuity of living substance. It stands against the older, now rejected view that life can arise spontaneously from nonliving matter.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Biogenesis” (Biogenesis).
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