On the basis of biological sociological and historical knowledge we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay but the sum total of individual achievement for better or worse lives on in the immortality of The Larger.

Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of dying at the time of biological demise.

Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity.

I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad.

Fathers are biological necessities but social accidents.

We are biological creatures. We are born we live we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear we find courage in the face of helplessness insignificance and uncertainty.

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.

Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed the capacity is in future shock.

About the time I turned 50 I experienced the profound biological change that often accompanies women at that age. Also I put two kids in college and lost both of my parents so I'm no longer somebody's daughter.

The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics such as sex eye color age and Social Security number.