Matter-space must be potentially living, center-making, possibly even conscious stuff.

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

• Space is a material whose most important feature is its capacity to form centers.claim0.852
  Reiteration of a key premise from Book 1 within the new metaphysical framework.
• We need to understand space as a material which is capable of awakening. This is what I shall later refer to as 'the ground'.claim0.819
  Introduces the concept of the ground as the innately alive substrate of reality.
• "It is this substance which permits — OR DOES NOT PERMIT — the emergence of living centers in the material, and the adaptation of fine structure that is needed to bring the larger whole to life."quote0.819
  Alexander's foundational assertion connecting material substance directly to living structure.
• The vital centers which govern the life of a room are nearly invisible pieces of space which exist as centers, yet have no clear boundaries.claim0.818
  Describes the subtlety of room centers.
• Space of Possible Bodies and Mindsconcept0.808
  Vast option space of designed and evolved combinations of living, non-living, and software components at all scales; future diverse intelligences will be chimeric mixes far beyond natural phylogeny.
• Consciousness and matter are different aspects of the same reality.claim0.801
  The identity hypothesis endorsed by von Weizsäcker and supported by Alexander.
• The quality of exterior space which comes from living process has a particular and definable morphology.claim0.797
  Opening claim that establishes the chapter's thesis.
• Life is exactly that property of space in which each spot becomes unique according to its place in the larger scheme of things.claim0.797
  Definitional claim equating life with spatial uniqueness.