Note 231

And if  ' ability to maintain itself '  is seen as a positive property :  There still exist an untold number of species of so-called  ' low organisms '  which can maintain themselves perfectly well (such as bacteria, or coelenterates [jelly-fishes, polyps] ),  often much better than the so-called higher organisms.
The essence of complexity might (among other ways) be investigated along the concepts of  ' algorithmic complexity '  and  ' logical depth '.  Here it is important to clearly distinguish between the epistemological and ontological aspect. In a metaphysical consideration it is the latter that counts.

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