This text explores a reinterpretation of the ancient Greek concept of ARCHÉ, starting from Anaximander’s classical definition of it as the origin and destination of all things. The author compares this view with Sophocles’ concept of time and critically examines Aristotle's description of the Milesians as hylozoists. It is argued that for early thinkers, ARCHÉ was inherently the source of life, rejecting the notion that life could emerge from the inanimate. The study contrasts two fundamental ontological positions: whether the universe is an inherent home for life or merely a foreign, dead environment where life appears by chance. To maintain the former, the author proposes a radical distinction between the vividness or aliveness of ARCHÉ itself and the biological life of individual organisms. In this view, ARCHÉ represents a non-objective, powerful challenge to which all living beings and even the pre-living sphere respond. This reinterpretation establishes life as an essential component of the cosmic whole rather than an accidental occurrence.