Life (cf. biota) is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have signaling and self-sustaining processes (i.e., living organisms) from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased (death), or else because they lack such functions and are classified as inanimate. Biology is the science concerned with the study of life.
Living organisms undergo metabolism, maintain homeostasis, possess a capacity to grow, respond to stimuli...
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- There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved. ,
- There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our sad Humanity may assume the semblance of a Hell. ,
- "Life was a gift from heaven. How you lived it was your worship. What you learned was your catechism. What you taught was your ritual. What you took was your blessing. What you gave was your sacrifice." ,
- Grab reality by the balls and squeeze. ,
- “If, as you teach, the universe has no beginning and no end, why should we?" ,
- "And as for death -- we get what we expect." ,
- "It's all the same -- no good without evil, no balance...no maat. If we lose one, we lose the other. It's just life, that's all." ,
- “The trick in life (and sales) is to learn from everybody, even those with less credentials than you. It could mean the difference between being number two ... and being number One!” ,
- "Die never for a god, Nikodemos who should no better -- not your soldiers' god, nor any other." ,
- For the gift of life, the only true thanks was in living fully, and facing death with honor.
Works Written About This Topic:
- The web of life ,
- The individual in the animal kingdom ,
- The eighth day of creation ,
- Bioinformatics ,
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values ,
- Steppenwolf ,
- The Examined Life ,
- At home in the universe ,
- What I Believe ,
- All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
