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.

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• 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.hypothesis0.929
  The central predictive/causal hypothesis of the book, to be tested in later chapters.
• Life is exactly that property of space in which each spot becomes unique according to its place in the larger scheme of things.claim0.882
  Definitional claim equating life with spatial uniqueness.
• Life is a pervasive quality that includes ordinary biological life but also a kind of life in stones, concrete, and wood posts.claim0.882
  Summarizes the chapter’s view that life exists in the very materials of a building.
• Life is not something local, a thing which merely happens in a painting or a person or a mountain. It is a relation between the thing where it occurs and the world beyond.claim0.847
  Definition of life as a relational phenomenon across boundaries.
• Life is a thing which can only be reached by humanness, by the personal, by the individual, childish temperament.claim0.842
• The life which appears is an attribute of space itself.claim0.840
  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.claim0.830
  The fundamental thesis of the chapter and the book, redefining life as a universal spatial quality.
• The quality of life exists to varying degrees in every part of space, even inanimate objects like ink and paper.claim0.827
  Core claim that life is a universal, non-biological attribute of all matter.