最近,周慕瀛同志对生命的定义做了新的概括,指出:“生命是指物所具有的‘自我复制能力’”。他同时认为:“至此,生命的定义有了最精炼的形式”(《医学与哲学》,(6):11,1984)。对此认识,笔者未敢苟同。兹略陈管见,以求教正。我们首先明确一下周氏生命定义的推理过程。他认为,可利用生物得失生命的两个时刻——死和生来查证。他从各种生 Recently, Comrade Zhou Muzhen made a new generalization of the definition of life and pointed out that: “Life refers to the ’self-replication ability’ of things.” At the same time, he believes that: “So far, the definition of life has been the most refined form” (“Medical and Philosophy”, (6): 11, 1984). In recognition of this, I did not dare to agree. I would like to talk to you just to seek advice. We first clarify the inference process of Zhou’s life definition. He believes that it is possible to use the two moments of life and death of life - death and birth. He is from all kinds of students