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#§$$$*†~~¨ ~  ~ $  A MULTITUDE OF DEFINITIONS $ ~ ~ ¨~~†*$$$§#
###§$*†~~¨ ~   $   DOES   NOT   HELP.    WE   $   ~ ¨~~†*$§###
§$*††~~¨¨¨ $     CAN     SAY     "LIFE     IS     $ ¨¨¨~~††*$§
§*††~¨¨¨¨¨ ~    $   WHAT   WE   ARE,    AND   $   ~ ¨¨¨¨¨~††*§
§§$$$*†~~¨ ~  ~  $  WHAT  THINGS  LIKE  US  $  ~  ~ ¨~~†*$$$§§
###§$*†~~¨ ~   $   ARE",   BUT   THEN   WE    $   ~ ¨~~†*$§###
###§$*†~~¨ $    MUST    ALSO    DEFINE    WHAT    $ ¨~~†*$§###
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##§*~¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~  $ ENTAILS,  HOW  IT  SHOULD  $ ~  ~ ¨¨¨¨¨~*§##
###§$*†~~¨ ~   $   BE   MEASURED,   WHO   OR   $  ~ ¨~~†*$§###
§$††††~~~¨ $    WHAT    IS    THE    ARBITER,     $ ¨~~~††††$§
§$$†††~¨¨¨ ~  $   AND  SO   INSTEAD   THERE   $   ~ ¨¨¨~†††$$§
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#§*†~¨¨¨¨¨ - LIFE MUST PRODUCE OR CONSUME MILK      ¨¨¨¨¨~†*§#
§*††~~~~¨¨ - LIFE MUST HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END  ¨¨~~~~††*§
#§**†~¨¨¨¨ - LIFE CAN HAVE DREAMS AND CAN INTERACT  ¨¨¨¨~†**§#
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§*†~~~¨¨¨¨ - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     ¨¨¨¨~~~†*§
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