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,~-*$§####                  --§#--                  ####§$*-~,
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,~-*$§####              --§  life  §--              ####§$*-~,
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,,,,,,-*§# -  - § a multitude  of definitions § - - #§*-,,,,,,
,~-*$§#### -   §    does   not   help.   we   §   - ####§$*-~,
,~-*$§#### §     can     say     "life     is     § ####§$*-~,
,,,,,~**$# -    §   what   we   are,    and   §   - #$**~,,,,,
,~-*$§#### -  -  §  what  things  like  us  §  -  - ####§$*-~,
,,,,~--$§# -   §   are",   but   then   we   §    - #§$--~,,,,
,,~~-$§§## §    must    also    define    what    § ##§§$-~~,,
,,,,~-$$§# -  §  "things  like  us"  actually  §  - #§$$-~,,,,
,~-*$§#### -  - §  entails,  how  it  should § -  - ####§$*-~,
,~-*$§#### -   §   be   measured,  who   or   §   - ####§$*-~,
,~-*$§#### §    what     is    the    arbiter,    § ####§$*-~,
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,~-*$§#### -   -    §   is   this   internationally ####§$*-~,
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,~-*$§#### - life must have a beginning and an end  ####§$*-~,
,~-*$§#### - life can have dreams and can interact  ####§$*-~,
,~-*$§#### - life can steal                         ####§$*-~,
,~-*$§§### - life can be cursed                     ###§§$*-~,
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