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Life

Page history last edited by PBworks 16 years, 12 months ago

De-finitions

Life

Mirriam-Webster says:

1a) the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body

1b) a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings

1c) an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction

2a) the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up the existence of an individual

2b) one or more aspects of the process of living (sex life of the frog)

3) biography

4) spiritual existence transcending physical death

5a) the period from birth to death

5b) a specific phase of earthly existence (adult life)

5c) the period from an event until death (a judge appointed for life)

5d) a sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of a convict's life

6) a way or manner of living

7) livelihood

8) a vital or living being; specifically: person (many lives were lost in the disaster)

9) an animating and shaping force or principle

10) spirit, animation (saw no life in her dancing)

11) the form or pattern of something existing in reality (painted from life)

12) the period of duration, usefulness, or popularity of something (the expected life of the batteries)

13) the period of existence (as of a subatomic particle) — compare half-life

14) a property (as resilience or elasticity) of an inanimate substance or object resembling the animate quality of a living being

15) living beings (as of a particular kind or environment) (forest life)

16a) human activities b: animate activity and movement (stirrings of life)

16c) the activities of a given sphere, area, or time (the political life of the country)

17) one providing interest and vigor

18) an opportunity for continued viability

19) capitalized Christian Science: god

20) something resembling animate life (a grant saved the project's life)


Wilson talking of life and optimism

 

Click the image above and move your cursor left and right. You can give birth, unbirth, and rebirth. -loadstool

 

 

-loadstool

 

 

Haha. That's so mean. Now you see life, now you don't! -Houdini

 

At what point does sustenance (to maintain life) become indulgence? Overindulgence? Are excesses justifiable? (Or, rather, how do people assimilate indulgence in such a way that it does not cause cognitive dissonance?) Who is #1? Is there a #1? -loadstool

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