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# The unanimous declaration of all rational individuals:
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# The unanimous declaration of all rational individuals:
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As the founders of the Forerunning republic said, "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands
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As the founders of the Forerunning republic said, "_When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands
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which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of
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which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of
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Reason entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
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Reason entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation._"
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Existence exists and the act of grasping this implies two corollary axioms: that something exists which one perceives and that one exists possessing consciousness.
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Existence exists and the act of grasping this implies two corollary axioms: that something exists which one perceives and that one exists possessing consciousness.
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These two -- existence and consciousness -- are axioms humankind cannot escape; these two are the irreducible primaries implied in any action one undertakes, in any
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These two -- existence and consciousness -- are axioms humankind cannot escape; these two are the irreducible primaries implied in any action one undertakes, in any
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part of one's knowledge. Whatever one knows, the axioms remain the same: that it exists and that you know it:
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part of one's knowledge. Whatever one knows, the axioms remain the same: that it exists and that you know it: that Existence is Identity and Consciousness is Identification.
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Existence is Identity, Consciousness is Identification.
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We hold these axioms to be self-evident and self-reaffirming: that man is a rational creature possessing a rational consciousness which is his only tool of
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We hold these axioms to be self-evident and self-reaffirming: that man is a rational creature possessing a rational consciousness which is his only tool of
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survival and that to hamper a rational creature's mind is to hamper its ability to live and thrive - thus man's right to life is his right to the unhampered use
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survival and that to hamper a rational creature's mind is to hamper its ability to live and thrive - thus man's right to life is his right to the unhampered use
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