The idea that all living things are imbued with an ultimately unanalyzable "life force" is the major tenet of what doctrine?

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The major tenet of Vitalism is that all living things possess an ultimately unanalyzable "life force" or "vital force" that separates them from non-living things. Choice A, Mechanism, is the belief that all natural phenomena, including life, can be explained by physical and chemical processes. Choice C, Conservation of Energy, is a principle in physics that states that the total energy in a closed system remains constant. Choice D, Transcendental Idealism, is a philosophical belief that the mind shapes the world as we know it.

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