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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 to perceive it.
 These two -- existence and consciousness -- are axioms humankind cannot escape; these two are the irreducible primaries implied in any action one undertakes, in any
-part of one's knowledge. Whatever one knows, the axioms remain the same: that it exists and that you know it. We hold these axioms to be self-evident and self-reaffirming: that **Existence is Identity and Consciousness is Identification**.
+part of one's knowledge. Whatever one knows, the axioms remain the same: that it exists and that you know it. Moreover, to be is to be something, of a definite nature -- all existents are identities.
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+We hold these axioms to be self-evident and self-reaffirming: that **Existence is Identity and Consciousness is Identification**.
 
 Man is a rational creature possessing a rational consciousness which is his only tool of
 survival and that to hamper a rational creature's mind is to hamper its ability to live and thrive - thus a man's right to life is his right to the unhampered use