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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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