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..~\=§§@##              ~~§  LIFE  §~~              ##@§§=\~..
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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    § @§=~~~....
..~\====§@ ~  §  "THINGS  LIKE  US"  ACTUALLY  §  ~ @§====\~..
.....\§§§@ ~  ~  §  ENTAILS, HOW IT  SHOULD §  ~  ~ @§§§\.....
..~\=§§@## ~   §   BE   MEASURED,  WHO   OR   §   ~ ##@§§=\~..
..~\=§§@## §    WHAT    IS     THE    ARBITER,    § ##@§§=\~..
....~\=§§@ ~  §   AND   SO  INSTEAD   THERE   §   ~ @§§=\~....
..\=§§@### ~   ~    §   IS   THIS   INTERNATIONALLY ###@§§=\..
......~\§§ SANCTIONED      LIST      §      ~     ~ §§\~......
..~\=§§@## ~ ~  ~ ~  §  OF  CRITERIA  §  ~  ~  ~  ~ ##@§§=\~..
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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  ###@§=\~..
..~\====§@ - LIFE CAN STEAL                         @§====\~..
..~\==§§§§ - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     §§§§==\~..
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