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>From: weemba@libra.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener)
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Subject: Re: Viruses: alive?
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Date: 24 Jan 92 15:46:28 GMT
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In article <TODD.92Jan23223358@ai12.elcom.nitech.ac.jp>, todd@ai12 (Todd Law) writes:
>>Who says that even biological viruses are alive?

>My Collins English Dictionary gives the definition of 'organism' as

Philosophy is not done by quoting dictionaries.
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-Matthew P Wiener (weemba@libra.wistar.upenn.edu)


