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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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