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Nothingness

The empty continuum, the substrate from which living forms descend via structure-preserving transformations; also called the Void.

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  • The property that living wholes have a geometrical simplicity and purity with a certain slowness, majesty, and quietness; everything unnecessary is removed—all centers not actively supporting other centers are stripped out

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