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We see only one I, the same I, shining out from every part.

The closing line of the chapter, summarizing the thesis that true unity reveals a single self in every part of the work.

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Above all, this unity comes about because of some quality within. And it is here that the idea of the pervasive I, in every living center, begins to tell us something.
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Beyond the properties, there is an inner essence (the I) that unifies the work.

Related by similarity (8)

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Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

Each enlargement of the I enlarges each of us.claim0.797
I am seeing God, the glowing of all things, shining out from that old brick wall, or from that bush, or from that face, or from the flowers in a vase.claim0.796
Alexander equates the faintly glowing quality with an immanent God shining through matter.
There is only one I, a personal universal presence that underlies all living structure and manifests as the feeling of relatedness.claim0.783
Alexander's core metaphysical proposal introduced in §8.
The I—that blazing one—is something which I reach only to the extent that I experience, and make manifest, my feeling.claim0.780
Access to the deepest self is dependent on the maker expressing their own feeling, not intellectual concepts.
It really exists everywhere, it is single, underlying all things.claim0.776
Claim that the plenum is universal and singular.
A thing is beautiful to the extent that it reveals this one.claim0.775
Definition of beauty as revelation of the I.
The I, in some form, exists.claim0.775
Minimal conclusion that at least one of the two versions of the I-hypothesis must be true.
Inner light provides a direct glimpse of the I.claim0.769