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- And whereas 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. - And whereas 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.
- And whereas whatever one knows, the axioms remain the same: that it exists and that the subject does know it; and moreover, whereas to be is to be something, of a definite nature and all existents are identities: - And whereas whatever one knows, the axioms remain the same: that it exists and that the subject does know it; and moreover, whereas to be is to be something, of a definite nature and all existents are identities:
We who are present here, hold these axioms to be self-evident and self-reaffirming: that **Existence is Identity and Consciousness is Identification**. We who are present here, hold this to be axiomatic and self-reaffirming: that **Existence is Identity and Consciousness is Identification**.
We hold that humankind are rational creatures possessing rational consciousness which is their only tool of survival and that to hamper a rational creature's mind is to hamper its ability to live and flourish - thus a man's right to life is his right to the unhampered use of his rational faculty in the pursuit of his life and flourishing. We hold that humankind are rational creatures possessing rational consciousness which is their only tool of survival and that to hamper a rational creature's mind is to hamper its ability to live and flourish - thus a man's right to life is his right to the unhampered use of his rational faculty in the pursuit of his life and flourishing.