Life is really the primary thing, and the properties are really secondary.

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• It is the field of centers which is primary, not these fifteen properties, and the properties are simply aspects of the field which help us understand concretely how the field worksclaim0.823
  Meta-theoretical claim that the fifteen properties are derivative from the deeper reality of the field of centers; the properties are pedagogical tools rather than fundamental
• I finally recognized that it is the field of centers which is primary, not these fifteen properties, and that the properties are simply aspects of the field which help us to understand concretely how the field works.quote0.823
  Meta-theoretical revelation about the ontological priority of the field of centers over the fifteen properties
• Life is exactly that property of space in which each spot becomes unique according to its place in the larger scheme of things.claim0.814
  Definitional claim equating life with spatial uniqueness.
• Life is a pervasive quality that includes ordinary biological life but also a kind of life in stones, concrete, and wood posts.claim0.807
  Summarizes the chapter’s view that life exists in the very materials of a building.
• Life is not a mechanical property but an inherent attribute of space itself, analogous to Maxwell's electromagnetic field creating light.claim0.802
  Proposition 1 of the Mid-Book Appendix; the most fundamental metaphysical claim of the theory.
• Life is a thing which can only be reached by humanness, by the personal, by the individual, childish temperament.claim0.801
• 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.quote0.800
  Verbatim statement of the fundamental hypothesis, defining the scope of life.
• No properties are absolute, no properties are essential.quote0.797
  Affirms the non-essentialist, fully relational ontology of graphical elements.