#Autonomy - the assertion of the system’s #identity through its internal functioning and self-regulation.

#FJ_Varela - On Being Autonomous: The Lessons of Natural History for Systems Theory
in:
Applied General Systems Research - 1978 - #GJ_Klir (ed.)
p. 77
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4757-0555-3