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Life ≠ alive

21 mins | Jul 1, 2019
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What can the distinction between 'life' and being 'alive' tell us about the nature of being? The distinction between 'life' and being 'alive' seems arbitrary, but far from just semantics, these two words have a lot to tell us about the nature of being. Michael Lachmann and Sara Walker, writing in Aeon Magazine, examine.

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