Life is exactly that property of space in which each spot becomes unique according to its place in the larger scheme of things.

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• What we call 'life' is a general condition which exists, to some degree or other, in every part of space... every connected region of space... has some degree of life, and that this degree of life is well defined, objectively existing, and measurable.hypothesis0.892
  The central predictive/causal hypothesis of the book, to be tested in later chapters.
• Life (property of space)concept0.884
  The quality that makes a space or structure feel alive, whole, and wonderful; measured by the degree of wholeness.
• What we call 'life' is a general condition which exists, to some degree or other, in every part of space: brick, stone, grass, river, painting, building, daffodil, human being, forest, city.quote0.882
  Verbatim statement of the fundamental hypothesis, defining the scope of life.
• Life is not a mechanical property but an inherent attribute of space itself, analogous to Maxwell's electromagnetic field creating light.claim0.871
  Proposition 1 of the Mid-Book Appendix; the most fundamental metaphysical claim of the theory.
• Life is a pervasive quality that includes ordinary biological life but also a kind of life in stones, concrete, and wood posts.claim0.870
  Summarizes the chapter’s view that life exists in the very materials of a building.
• The life which appears is an attribute of space itself.claim0.861
  The final distillation of the chapter's argument, making life a fundamental property of matter/space.
• Life as a Quality of Spaceconcept0.852
  The idea that life is not merely an attribute of living organisms but an attribute of space itself; any spatial system can have more or less life depending on the life of its component centers and their density
• Life is not a limited mechanical concept; it is a quality which inheres in space itself and applies to every physical structure of any kind.claim0.852
  The fundamental thesis of the chapter and the book, redefining life as a universal spatial quality.