However, let's try to handle this a different way. Let's assume that FIRE is in fact a form of life - the least complex form of life . As we proceed from left to write in this table, we are proceeding into the things that make up the things to the left. Organisms are made of organ systems, organ systems are made of organs, and so on. Now, let's ask whether we can extend this table a bit.
Ribosomes are large molecules that make proteins.
Let's see if we can extend this to the other ways I can interpret your question. Life is a wonderful, and wonderfully complex thing. On a more serious note, philosophers have pondered the meaning of life for a long time. There is a school of thought in psychology that makes the search for the meaning of life, on a personal level, one of the key issues in psychology. Much of the development of his concepts came under the worst imaginable conditions, while Viktor Frankl was imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps.