Conscious life, in all forms, is defined by thorough…

Page 73. Conscious life, in all forms, is defined by thorough going plasticity, a structure we can have to yield to an influence, but strong enough not to yield all at once. It is meant or has evolved, to bend but not break. Each relatively stable phase of equilibrium in such a structure is marked by what we may call new set of habits.

— from Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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