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hypothesis:the-wholesomeness-and-integrity-of-a-person-s-existence-is-directly-dependent-on-the-extent-to-which-that-person-can-sustain-an-inner-relatedness-with-the-world-which-itself-depends-on-the-extent-of-living-structure

The wholesomeness and integrity of a person's existence is directly dependent on the extent to which that person can sustain an inner relatedness with the world, which itself depends on the extent of living structure.

Promised for Book 4, chapter 4 (Note 15).

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The relation between a person's own wholeness and the wholeness of things in their environment is a direct consequence of the nature of wholeness itself.claim0.871
The profound wholeness of living structure, almost every time it has been done most profoundly, has been done in a mystical‑religious context.claim0.835
A sweeping historical observation that grounds the claim that mystical context is a near‑universal condition for the highest living structure.
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.quote0.829
Encapsulates the distinction between natural and human-made order, central to Alexander's critique of contemporary architecture.
Wholeness is a neutral structure that simply exists; its degree of life or beauty follows from its internal cohesion without reference to opinion.claim0.828
Posits that wholeness provides an objective foundation for aesthetics.
People are deeply nourished by the process of creating wholeness.claim0.821
To see wholeness as it is requires purity of mind, because thoughts, mental constructs, theories, ideas, and images all interfere with perception of wholeness and make it difficult to see.claim0.820
A cognitive‑perceptual explanation drawn from the earlier HUGGINS & ALEXANDER experiment.
The wholeness is a real structure, something geometrically concrete, not merely a general appreciation for unity.claim0.820
Assertion that wholeness is a tangible spatial structure.
Observation of a person's inner state of wholeness can give reliable and objective information about the objective living character of systems in the external worldclaim0.820
Central claim of the chapter: what appears subjective (inner feeling) is actually an objective measuring instrument for external reality