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 We concur with those founders and follow their example by issuing this statement declaring our causes for separation:
 
-Whereas it is an axiom that that existence exists; and that the act of grasping this implies two corollary axioms: that something exists which one perceives and that one exists possessing consciousness to perceive it;
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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.
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-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:
+- Whereas it is an axiom that that existence exists; and that the act of grasping this implies two corollary axioms: that something exists which one perceives and that one exists possessing consciousness to perceive it;
+- 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:
 
 We who are present here, hold these axioms to be self-evident and self-reaffirming: that **Existence is Identity and Consciousness is Identification**.