Pattern Integrity (1)

Index Entry

Pattern Integrity:

"No sharp cleavage is found

That identifies the boundary between life and nonlife,

Between the heretofore so-called 'animate' and 'inanimate.'

"Viruses,

The smallest organized structures

Exhibiting 'life,'

May be classified either

As inanimate or animate,

As crystalline or 'cellular' forms.

This is the level also at which

The DNA/RNA genetic code is essentially

A structural pattern integrity.

Such pattern integrities

Are strictly accountable

Only as mathematical principles.

Pattern integrities are found

At all levels of structural organization in Universe.

The DNA/RNA is a specialized case

Of the generalized principle of pattern integrity

Found throughout life and nonlife."

Citations

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