The word animate has multiple meanings when thomas speaks about animate beings what is the best definition to fit his meaning

For St. Thomas Aquinas, the word animate beings mean the living beings. Animate beings continue their very existence through self-preservation, or by reproduction. The being relies on what is called the "Vegetative soul" which empowers its state. Without this soul, the animate being would non-existent and irrelevant.

1920 census

the census was scheduled for january the 1st, as the government believed that more farmers would be in their homes by that time instead of april. the census did not ask about unemployment, the number of children, and how long was a couple married were not taken into consideration. individuals were considered as residents of the places they normally slept, not the places were they worked at or visited.

2010 census

the census was scheduled for april 1st, 2010. it was the shortest census in history: it only contained 10 questions related to name, age, gender, ethnicity, relationship, and whether the citizen owned a home or rented one. the government launched a website in order to provide the citizens with information regarding the census. there were also "teach census weeks" in schools nationwide.

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