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question:what-is-the-impact-of-living-structure-on-human-lifeWhat is the impact of living structure on human life?
Opening question of the chapter.
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- Central thesis of the chapter.
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- The idea that contact with living structure makes us more whole, human, and alive; a claim linking environment to well-being.
- Analogy to trace elements and enzymes.
- If living structure impacts inner freedom, then the physical world has impact on the most precious attribute of human existence.hypothesis0.816Stated early in the chapter as a conditional.
- Alexander's strongest ontological claim: living structure is not probabilistically improbable but mathematically necessary given the principle of unfolding wholeness
- A built or natural form that possesses life, arising from morphogenetic adaptation, as opposed to blueprint designs.
- Living structure might even be defined as 'that which pleases us'—that which truly pleases us.claim0.809A proposed operational definition of living structure in terms of genuine pleasure.