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claim:living-structure-might-even-be-defined-as-that-which-pleases-us-that-which-truly-pleases-usLiving structure might even be defined as 'that which pleases us'—that which truly pleases us.
A proposed operational definition of living structure in terms of genuine pleasure.
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- What truly pleases us is always living structure.extendsrestatesThe equivalence claim that true pleasure and living structure are the same thing; the word 'truly' contains the whole space of the four books.
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- Defines living structure as the product of a truthful unfolding process that respects and preserves existing wholeness.
- The central thesis of the chapter: pleasing yourself is the necessary and sufficient prescription for creating living structure.
- The closing claim of the chapter's mid-book appendix, asserting that the theory of centers has implications for physics.
- Pithy definition of living structure as the residuum of simplicity-seeking.
- From the concluding Part Two interlude, asserting a synthesis of science and feeling.
- Emphasizes the necessity of a form language for achieving living structure.
- Radical assertion that function reduces to living structure, eliminating the need for external goals.
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