Nature is all that which follows from an unbroken sequence of unfoldings, each unfolding from the wholeness that preceded it.

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• Nature always produces living structure because it follows a process of unfolding wholeness; human designers can create non-living structure by violating this process.claim0.834
  Core distinction between natural and designed configurations, explaining why properties are ubiquitous in nature but rare in bad design.
• In nature, unfolding often consists of a process that establishes local symmetries one by one.claim0.830
  Connects biological morphogenesis to architectural process.
• In nature the principle of unfolding wholeness creates living structure nearly all the time. Human designers, who are not constrained by this unfolding, can violate the wholeness if they wish to, and can therefore create non-living structure as often as they choose.quote0.827
  Encapsulates the distinction between natural and human-made order, central to Alexander's critique of contemporary architecture.
• Everything in nature is symmetrical unless there is a reason for it not to be.claim0.816
  A fundamental law about symmetry and necessity.
• If the evolution of the natural world follows a step-by-step process in which each step is structure-preserving, then the fifteen properties will appear more and more often, and the degree of life in the wholeness will increase steadily.hypothesis0.814
  Conditional statement linking smooth unfolding to the progressive emergence of the fifteen properties and increased life.
• The fifteen properties appear in nature as a direct result of repeated structure-preserving transformations unfolding the wholeness.claim0.808
  Interpretation that the geometric properties of living structure are not arbitrary but arise inevitably from the smooth unfolding process.
• The process of unfolding and the fundamental process follow from this pleasing of oneself, as night follows day.claim0.804
  Alexander claims Book 2's unfolding process is a consequence of people learning to please themselves.
• If the unfolding of wholeness is correctly followed, then every part becomes unique.hypothesis0.793
  Prediction that adherence to the proper process guarantees uniqueness.