Is there a distinction to be made between living and being alive? Certainly the language suggests there is. To be "merely" living is to be passive, and gradual to the point of inanition – as TS Eliot ...
Methuselah Tree, The World's Oldest Tree, Is 4,855 Years Old — And Still Alive in The White Mountains of California Humans may desire immortality, but it is trees that are garnering more success in ...