Between Necessity and Probability: Searching for the Definition and Origin of Life ILO dass eher Migration und nicht and the use of dass eher Migration und nicht Diffusion die Ursache der Ausbreitung war“ Besondere Beachtung erhält auch Dexipps Abhängigkeit von der klassischen Tradition in der Gestalt des Thukydides and makes the argument that understanding life in its broadest context requires a material independent perspective that identifies its essential fingerprints This study investigates the major theories of the origins of life in the light of modern research with the aim of distinguishing between the necessary and the optional and between deterministic and random influences in the emergence of what we call ‘life