¶ Pattern Integrity (1)
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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
- HOW LITTLE I KNOW, pp. 71-72, Oct’66
