A atomic-geometry (molecular) depiction of a human as a powered animate CHNOPS+26 element bound state motile entity, in possession of a time-delineated state of “reaction existence”, NOT alive, but “existive”; no different, complexity aside, than any other animate carbon-based geometry, such as light-sensitive bending molecules (e.g. retinal) or fueled walking molecules (e.g. DTA or kinesin). |
The term “existive” is a kind of “I react, therefore I am” Cartesian-upgrade, from defunct-dualism to modern non-defunct Goethean "one nature" envisioned monism.
“Believe me, dear Sir: there is not in the British Empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But, by the God that made me, I will cease to exist before I yield to a connection on such terms as the British Parliament propose; and in this, I think I speak the sentiments of America.”— Thomas Jefferson (1775), “Letter to John Randolph”, Nov 29 [2]
“Religion. Your reason is now mature enough [age 17] to examine this object. In examining this subject, divest yourself of all bias, in favor of novelty and singularity of opinion, shake off all fears and servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched: fix reason in her seat firmly; question with boldness even the existence of God; because if there is one, he must approve more of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded faith. Read the Bible as you would Tacitus or Livy. Those facts in the Bible which contradict the laws of nature must be examined with care.”— Thomas Jefferson (1787), “Letter to [nephew] Peter Carr” [3]
“I feel: therefore I exist. I feel bodies which are not myself: there are other existences then. I call them matter. I feel them changing place. This gives me motion. Where there is an absence of matter, I call it void, or nothing, or immaterial space. On the basis of sensation, of matter and motion, we may erect the fabric of all the certainties we can have or need.”— Thomas Jefferson (1820), “Letter to John Adams”, Aug 15 [4]
“Exact knowledge is the enemy of vitalism. Let us abandon the word ‘alive’.”— Francis Crick (1966), Of Molecules and Men [1]