Life (n.) is, as with a living organism, something that 'absorbs' the chance objects in its environment so as to foster its own growth.
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Life (n.) is of value only when it has something valuable as its object.
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Life (n.) is that for which causality does not apply. Living entities do not let a cause continue into them, but break it off and transform it.
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Life (n.) is not made for happiness, but for achievement.
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Life (n.) is the union of union and non-union.
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