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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  %  ~  ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†
$†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~   %  be   measured,   who   or   %   ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†$
£$†~^¨¨¨¨¨ %    what    is    the    arbiter,     % ¨¨¨¨¨^~†$£
¶£$†~^¨¨¨¨ ~  %  and   so   instead   there   %   ~ ¨¨¨¨^~†$£¶
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£$†~^¨¨¨¨¨ - life can have dreams and can interact  ¨¨¨¨¨^~†$£
$†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ - life can steal                         ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†$
†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ - life can be cursed                     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†
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