title: General principle of existence of natural objects.
abstract: Natural objects, live and inanimate, actively maintain their entities by using their capacities (i.e., properties, internal resources, mechanisms, and experience) adequately to their needs. It is suggested that the principle of adequate function is a law of nature.
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D004463:Ecology; D004777:Environment; D008954:Models, Biological; D055585:Physical Phenomena; D010825:Physics; D010827:Physiology; D012586:Science; D012942:Social Sciences