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All creatures exist, but only human beings live.
From a conventional point of view, there is very little difference between existence
and living. Any one who exists lives. He may be rich or poor, educated, good or
bad, but he lives anyway, so long as he is alive. But from the philosophical outlook
there are great significant differences between existence and living, far greater
than those between the well-dressed and the poorly clad.
A piece of cloth and a finished dress are not the same nor are a heap of bricks
the equivalent of a dwelling. A human being who merely exists and a human being who
truly lives are two wholly different persons. Perhaps the example of a comparison or
a contrast between a house and a home will illustrate the point more clearly.
Author : C. Y. Jesse Chiang
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