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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 .........^
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^......... ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤ 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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