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question:what-is-it-all-forWhat is it all for?
The existential question that the mechanistic picture answers with 'nothing,' highlighting meaninglessness.
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- The existential consequence of the mechanistic cosmology: the world has no point, no value, no purpose, leading to despair and banality in art.
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- The specific goal that a concept is intended to serve; should be expressible in a short phrase.
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- The overarching coherence and unity that must be enhanced at every step; the target of all living process.
- First principle of the unfolding vision.
- Central question of the chapter, answered by defining wholeness as the structure of nested centers.
- The class of all possible building configurations, estimated at 10^2,000,000,000.
- Rhetorical question about the harmonious growth of traditional towns like Amsterdam.