Elan Vital
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Elan Vital can refer to:
- Élan vitalÉlan vitalÉlan vital was coined by French philosopher Henri Bergson in his 1907 book Creative Evolution, in which he addresses the question of self-organisation and spontaneous morphogenesis of things in an increasingly complex manner. Elan vital was translated in the English edition as "vital impetus", but...
, a philosophical term coined by Henri BergsonHenri BergsonHenri-Louis Bergson was a major French philosopher, influential especially in the first half of the 20th century. Bergson convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science for understanding reality.He was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize...
, roughly translated to vital impetus or force - Elan Vital (organization)Elan Vital (organization)Elan Vital is the name of several organizations that support the work of Prem Rawat, also known by the honorary title "Maharaji". Prem Rawat speaks of the possibility of knowing inner peace through four techniques of Knowledge. Elan Vital organizations exist in several countries with the purpose of...
, a nonprofit group formed in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, active from 1971 to 2010 - Élan Vital (album)Élan Vital (album)Élan Vital is the third and last studio album by Pretty Girls Make Graves. It was released by Matador Records on March 4, 2006 in Australia and on April 11, 2006 in the United States...
, an album by the music group Pretty Girls Make GravesPretty Girls Make GravesPretty Girls Make Graves was an art punk band, formed in Seattle in 2001, named after The Smiths song of the same name... - Elan Vital, a partially sentient machine from the animeAnimeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series Melody of OblivionMelody of Oblivionis an anime series by J.C.Staff, with some involvement from Gainax. The series is 24 episodes long, and originally aired between April 7, 2004 and September 21, 2004.-Information:The Melody of Oblivion is a series rife with cultural references...