The Nature of Energy

Energy is a key organising principle in modern science, the
conversation of energy being a grounding and universal law. But
what is energy? In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon
Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon examine the history
of the idea and the word. In science, energy is a relatively
recently notion, emerging in its current form in the 19th
century, drawing much on mechanics. The word itself was coined by
Aristotle, in the 4th century BCE, carrying a sense of vital
actuality and living presence. That meaning is still remembered
in Orthodox theology, which describes the energeia of God. The
conversation ranges over the promiscuity of energy in the natural
world to the spiritual notion of energy, including the subtle
energies of the body. The implications of shaping the idea of
energy through mechanical metaphors also has important
ramifications, from the descriptions of economics and the
efficacy of psychology to the experience of God. Further, the
most recent physics argues that energy is not conserved after all
as the universe expands.

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