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claim:every-living-structure-is-composed-of-thousands-of-pictures-of-the-eternal-selfEvery living structure is composed of thousands of pictures of the eternal self.
Conclusion drawn from the two propositions that makes the beings model explicit.
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- Central proposition from Book 1 that grounds the beings model.
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- Living structure may be identified empirically by the extent to which it is a picture of one's self.claim0.835Alexander claims there is an empirical method for identifying living structure via reference to the universal entity within each person.
- Radical assertion that function reduces to living structure, eliminating the need for external goals.
- The collage of 500 pictures shows a single invariant character common to all living structures.claim0.815The collage demonstrates the shared morphology of living architecture.
- The most profound claim of the chapter: the niceness of the sequence is directly perceptible in the built form and is the ultimate source of living quality.
- From the concluding Part Two interlude, asserting a synthesis of science and feeling.
- The central challenge of the chapter: we need a new cosmology with the same existential weight as historical religion.