on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 23:44 by Thomas Raphael-Nakos
When does life, a particular life, and life in general really begin? Thirty-five years ago when my son was born I wondered – with wonderment – about the mystery of birth and of life.
My experience was that the idea of a beginning to life appeared somewhat ludicrous. Everything, it seemed to me, was a part of a beautiful process whose beginning would be impossible to determine.
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