Life
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[[Image:Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature of 1904.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Artforms of Nature]]'' ([[1904]]) by [[Ernst Haeckel]]]] | [[Image:Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature of 1904.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Artforms of Nature]]'' ([[1904]]) by [[Ernst Haeckel]]]] | ||
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'''Life''' is a condition that distinguishes [[organism]]s from [[inorganic]] objects, i.e. [[non-life]], and [[Death|dead]] organisms, being manifested by growth through [[metabolism]], [[reproduction]], and the power of [[adaptation]] to environment through changes originating internally. | '''Life''' is a condition that distinguishes [[organism]]s from [[inorganic]] objects, i.e. [[non-life]], and [[Death|dead]] organisms, being manifested by growth through [[metabolism]], [[reproduction]], and the power of [[adaptation]] to environment through changes originating internally. |
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- "Eroticism is assenting to life even in death." --Georges Bataille
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Life is a condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects, i.e. non-life, and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
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