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concept:idiosyncrasy-shallow-sense-of-personalIdiosyncrasy (shallow sense of personal)
The trivial, incorrect meaning of 'personal' that Alexander is arguing against — mere individual peculiarity
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- Personal (as objective quality)contradictsAlexander's central concept: 'personal' is not idiosyncratic but a universal, objective quality inhering in things with deep life
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- The experiential correlate of deep wholeness; the personal, emotional recognition of life in a structure.
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