We feel degrees of life in different organisms, even though technically they all have equal biological life.

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

• The degree of life is not merely a distinction between beautiful and ugly things but is detectable in every corner of the world.claim0.839
  Broadens the scope of life from aesthetics to a fundamental property.
• We recognize degrees of life or health in ecological systems, and one meadow feels more alive than another.claim0.837
  Shows that the feeling of life also applies to whole ecosystems.
• The feeling that there is more life in one case than another is correlated with a structural difference in the things themselves, which can be made precise and measured.claim0.827
  Forward‑looking claim that the life quality has an objective basis, to be demonstrated later.
• The difference in degree of life is inherent in the thing itself, not just a personal value judgment.claim0.822
  Ontological claim that the life quality resides in the object, not the observer.
• Every living process is, throughout its length and breadth, congruent with feeling and governed by feeling.claim0.821
  Essential feature of living process, making phenomenological experience the central criterion for evaluation.
• Consciousness also comes in degrees and kinds, consistent with the gradualist framework; there may be no true zero.claim0.818
  TAME's implication that sentience accompanies goal-directed activity, with minimal versions present in particles and scaling up in organized systems.
• We see then that life, as it occurs in buildings or in works of art, can be measured. But it can only be measured, or estimated, in a way which relies on the degree of development, or enlightenment, of the observer.quote0.810
  A key methodological statement encapsulating the chapter's conclusion.
• If the conception of life is completely general (degree of life in everything), it will be much easier to design buildings, towns, and regions that are alive.hypothesis0.810
  Pragmatic motivation for the entire book: a broader definition enables effective creation of life.