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Lifes but a span, or a tale, or a word, — Life

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"Lifes but a span, or a tale, or a word, That in a trice, or suddaine, is rehearsèd."
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Life is matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and the ability to sustain itself. It is defined descriptively by the capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction. All life eventually reaches a state of death, and none is immortal. Many philosophical definitions of living systems have been proposed, such as self-organ