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claim:the-simplest-thing-which-can-be-created-in-real-terms-is-that-thing-which-goes-furthest-to-resolve-complete-hence-to-elaborate-and-underpin-the-structure-of-the-world-its-wholeness-which-exists-at-that-place

The simplest thing which can be created, in real terms, is that thing which goes furthest to resolve, complete, hence to elaborate and underpin the structure of the world, its wholeness, which exists at that place.

Definition of real simplicity tied to resolving the wholeness.

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Concepts (1)

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Gazebo on hillside example
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Illustration that a simple symmetrical gazebo is the most structure-preserving intervention on a wild asymmetrical hillside.

Questions (1)

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What is simple?
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The chapter's foundational question.

Related by similarity (8)

cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edge

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

IN A BUILDING WHICH HAS LIFE, WHATEVER IS MADE IS ALWAYS THE SIMPLEST THING CONSISTENT WITH ITS NECESSITIES OF FEELING AND WITH THE CLOSE AND CONTINUOUS ATTENTION TO FEELING WHILE IT EVOLVES INTO FORM. THIS, I THINK, IS THE CLOSEST I CAN COME TO DESCRIBING THE CORE OF ARCHITECTURE.quote0.829
The opening manifesto of the chapter, encapsulating the essence.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.quote0.828
Einstein's assertion invoked to explain why BMR preserves accuracy while reducing complexity
Only a deliberate process of creating being-like centers in built structure throughout the world encourages the world to become more alive.claim0.817
Proposition 4 of the Mid-Book Appendix; the normative and practical conclusion tying individual search for the true self to the creation of a living world.
The structures where life occurs just cannot be made in any other way.quote0.816
Categorical assertion about the necessity of the living process.
The structures where life occurs just cannot be made in any other way — it is a categorical and mathematical must.claim0.816
In every case, the process is straightforward, simple, and above all free: it allows the reality of the situation, the human needs, human joys, to find expression.claim0.813
A summary generalization from the examples about the nature of living processes.
True simplicity — the thing which is truly whole — leaves the nothing undisturbed, quiet, like a lake.claim0.813
Poetic statement of the Ground-clearing nature of true simplicity.
The creation of living structure cannot be done in any other way.claim0.811