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    It is not the case that The premise that matter is 'entirely inert and passive' is an empirically contestable Cartesian assumption, not a self-evident truth, as Leibnizian active force (vis viva) and Newtonian gravity demonstrate.

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    • 1.Newton himself treated gravity as describing force laws, not explaining intrinsic activity—preserving the passivity-activity distinction.
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    • 2.Self-organization and motion in complex systems can arise from passive constituents governed by external or emergent interaction rules.
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    • 3.Calling matter 'active' conflates descriptive physics with metaphysical claims about intrinsic properties beyond empirical verification.
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    • 1.Gravity exhibits intrinsic attraction between masses without external mechanical contact, suggesting matter possesses inherent active properties.
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    • 2.Living organisms demonstrate self-motion and self-organization, implying matter can be intrinsically active rather than purely passive.
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    • 3.Modern physics reveals matter-energy equivalence and quantum field dynamics, incompatible with pure passivity as traditionally defined.
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