Around the same time, Henri Bergson (1859-1941), developed the principle of the élan vital, or "vital impulse", which was thought to aid in the evolution of organisms.

By cutting oneself off from the most vital impulses of one's own day, an artist risks sterility.

A kitten is indisputably "alive" - but not because it has the "breath of life" or the "vital impulse" somehow lodged inside its body.

Jorge Marin's work in sculpture is a compendium of the vital impulses of the human being and his body, which Marin interprets as the landscape of man's own existence.

It is because in the absence of a vital creative impulse classical music has become a chill museum.

The victory over Radagaisus must have given Florence a new vital impulse and Christianisation was spurred when Ambrose announced the victory over the barbarians.

Camila is just another politician that divided the movement and gave it an ideology, the comunist one, so the movement lose some vital impulse with that move.

He indicates his desire to bring about a new, more naturalistic source of value in the vital impulses of life itself.

Her raw material is the dancers' flesh, bones and muscles, the instinct and vital impulse of the human body whose intimate connections she exposes.

Presumably, both men deserve credit for the vital rhythmic impulse underlying virtually the whole performance, which sustained involvement throughout.