What we call 'life' is a general condition which exists, to some degree or other, in every part of space... every connected region of space... has some degree of life, and that this degree of life is well defined, objectively existing, and measurable.

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• What we call 'life' is a general condition which exists, to some degree or other, in every part of space: brick, stone, grass, river, painting, building, daffodil, human being, forest, city.quote0.929
  Verbatim statement of the fundamental hypothesis, defining the scope of life.
• Life is exactly that property of space in which each spot becomes unique according to its place in the larger scheme of things.claim0.892
  Definitional claim equating life with spatial uniqueness.
• The degree of life is well defined, objectively existing, and measurable.claim0.867
  Part of the fundamental hypothesis, asserting empirical accessibility.
• Life is a pervasive quality that includes ordinary biological life but also a kind of life in stones, concrete, and wood posts.claim0.857
  Summarizes the chapter’s view that life exists in the very materials of a building.
• The degree of life is not merely a distinction between beautiful and ugly things but is detectable in every corner of the world.claim0.850
  Broadens the scope of life from aesthetics to a fundamental property.
• The life which appears is an attribute of space itself.claim0.839
  The final distillation of the chapter's argument, making life a fundamental property of matter/space.
• Life is not a limited mechanical concept; it is a quality which inheres in space itself and applies to every physical structure of any kind.claim0.834
  The fundamental thesis of the chapter and the book, redefining life as a universal spatial quality.
• Life is a thing which can only be reached by humanness, by the personal, by the individual, childish temperament.claim0.831