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	Lecture 8: The New Intellectual Order: Man, Nature and Society
		Nature was conceived as the handiwork of God, created and ordered according to the account in the Holy Scriptures.
		Nature came to be regarded as a complicated and impressive affair.
		If nature reveals diversity to be the rule, then the theological effort to teach and enforce uniformity in thought and action must be incorrect and dangerous.
	www.historyguide.org /intellect/lecture8a.html (5461 words)

	J.S. Mill, Nature
		NATURE, natural, and the group of words derived from them, or allied to them in etymology, have at all times filled a great place in the thoughts and taken a strong hold on the feelings of mankind.
		Nature means the sum of all phenomena, together with the causes which produce them; including not only all that happens, but all that is capable of happening; the unused capabilities of causes being as much a part of the idea of Nature, as those which take effect.
		Immoral, because the course of natural phenomena being replete with everything which when committed by human beings is most worthy of abhorrence, any one who endeavoured in his actions to imitate the natural course of things would be universally seen and acknowledged to be the wickedest of men.
	www.la.utexas.edu /research/poltheory/mill/three/nature.html (9443 words)

	The Nature of Order - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe is a four-volume work by Christopher Alexander published in 2003-2004.
		An analogy is of ripening corn, each kernel swelling until it meets the others, each one having its own positive shape caused by its growth as a cell from the inside.
		In poor design, sometimes, in order to give an entity good shape, the background space where it lies has left-over shape, or no shape at all.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Nature_of_Order (1106 words)

	SUMMA THEOLOGICA: Is there any order among the divine persons? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Therefore it is not subject to order; and order of nature does not exist in it.
		The order of nature means not the ordering of nature itself, but the existence of order in the divine Persons according to natural origin.
		Nature in a certain way implies the idea of a principle, but essence does not; and so the order of origin is more correctly called the order of nature than the order of essence.
	www.newadvent.org /Summa/104203.htm (543 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Order of Preachers
		As the Order of the Friars Preachers is the principal part of the entire Order of St. Dominic, we shall include under this title the two other parts of the order: the Dominican Sisters (Second Order) and the Brothers of Penitence of St. Dominic (Third Order).
		The order assimilated the ancient forms of the religious life, the monastic and the canonical, but it made them subservient to the clerical and the apostolic life which are its peculiar and essential aims.
		The same solicitude to remove the order from the odium of the inquisitorial office impelled the provincial chapter of Cahors (1244) to forbid that anything should accrue to the friars from the administration of the Inquisition, that the order might not be slandered.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12354c.htm (17740 words)

	Chance, Purpose, and the Order of Nature
		That the order of nature was the product of a predetermined plan or design in much the same way a building is the product of an architect’s blueprint executed by the builder was a view widely held prior to Charles Darwin.
		The order of nature for them is the creation of an all-powerful deity who left nothing to chance, nor for that matter, to the entities the deity created.
		The nature of the rule of one, which coordinates the creativity of a multitude of creative agents, is persuasion, the persuasive love of God in the world.
	www.religion-online.org /showarticle.asp?title=2314 (8868 words)

	Elements of Nature and the Order of Culture
		The natural order of self-origination was transcended by the origin of the male-female principle.
		The spatial order of the pluriverse was transcended by the overlapping of spheres in dreams and trance.
		Man is not the best because he overpowers and conquers nature and is thus the fittest to survive, but he is one amongst the many with the capacity for ‘consciousness’ and self-reflection and transcendence from his pure physicality, through psychical discipline.
	www.ignca.nic.in /ps_05015.htm (3740 words)

	OVERVIEW OF THE NATURE OF ORDER
		Each can be read by itself, and each sheds light on one facet of the problem of living structure: First the definition, second the process of generating living structure, third the practical vision of a world made of living structure, and fourth, the cosmological underpinnings and implications caused by the idea of living structure.
		Starting with an analysis of the arbitrariness of present-day architecture, and going to the root of functional order in the world, he proposes a scientific basis for looking at life as an objective concept that is rooted in structure.
		The unfolding of living structure in natural systems is first compared to the unfolding of buildings and town plans in traditional society, and then contrasted with present day processes.
	www.natureoforder.com /overview.htm (1166 words)

	Nature Photography.......imposing order upon a disordered world?
		All happening as part of the order of nature, the birth, the living, and the dying, some parts being violent, some peaceful, but all a part of the order.
		Nature as-it-is unifies oppositions (life and death, spring and fall) and thus order's relationship to chaos.
		Perhaps allegory is the lens in which nature is really known, as-it-is. I'm inclined to believe that alienation in the modern man leads the viewer to see nature as disordered and higglety-pigglety.
	www.photo.net /bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0052ir (1822 words)

	On the Nature of "The Nature of Order"
		Order on the smallest scale is established by paired contrasting elements, existing in a balanced visual tension.
		In order to ensure that smaller centers work together to form larger ones, smaller centers are often irregular in shape ("syncopated in shape and arrangement") to create a smooth fit of the smaller centers into the larger centers.
		As it turns out, the type of process described in The Nature of Order is very much like what members of the so called "gentlemen hacker" culture (which sprang out of MIT in the 60s) used to build their systems.
	www.cmcrossroads.com /bradapp/docs/NoNoO.html (4311 words)

	Powell's Books - Nature of Order Book 1: The Phenomenon of Life by Christopher Alexander
		Now, in The Nature of Order, Alexander explores the properties of life itself, highlighting a set of well-defined structures present in all order and in all life from microorganisms and mountain ranges to good houses and vibrant communities.
		These properties are seen over and over in nature, and in cities and streets of the past, but have all but disappeared in the deadly developments and buildings of the last one hundred years.
		The other three volumes of The Nature of Order continue this thesis with three complementary views giving a masterful prescription for the processes which allow us to generate living structure in the world.
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	NATURE OF ORDER EXCERPT
		A great deal of the nature and meaning of positive space may be seen in a plan drawing, with reference to fl and white.
		And there are sometimes naturally occurring spots of natural beauty, which call a hull of space into being, just because they point to the importance of such a particular spot in the land (or in the town) as a natural center which has importance in people's hearts.
		The reason is, that it is the large-scale organization of the space, the actual geometric order of the streets and spaces, which matters most.
	www.patternlanguage.com /archives/hulls.htm (5969 words)

	Summa Theologica (FP_Q42_A3)
		Now principle, according to origin, without priority, exists in God as we have stated (Q[33], A[1]): so there must likewise be order according to origin, without priority; and this is called 'the order of nature': in the words of Augustine (Contra Maxim.
		Reply to Objection 3: The order of nature means not the ordering of nature itself, but the existence of order in the divine Persons according to natural origin.
		Reply to Objection 4: Nature in a certain way implies the idea of a principle, but essence does not; and so the order of origin is more correctly called the order of nature than the order of essence.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/aquinas/summa.FP_Q42_A3.html (554 words)

	Review of The Nature of Order
		Coming to terms with the implications of this, and documenting the ideas for his readers, was the task that would occupy him for the next 25 years, and require nothing short of an overhaul of the Cartesian worldview that he believed underlies the conception of the design problem.
		The present conception of matter, and the opposing one which I shall try to put in its place, may both be summarized by the nature of order.
		So it is the nature of order which lies at the root of the problem in architecture.
	www.katarxis3.com /Review_Nature_Order.htm (1642 words)

	Find in a Library: An enquiry into the original, nature, power, order and communion, of evangelical churches With the ...
		Find in a Library: An enquiry into the original, nature, power, order and communion, of evangelical churches With the true nature of a gospel-church, and its government.
		The nature of church-polity or rule, with the duty of elders.
		An enquiry into the original, nature, power, order and communion, of evangelical churches With the true nature of a gospel-church, and its government.
	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/f8ed6c2ea45fe1eda19afeb4da09e526.html (323 words)

	Nature Quotes \| Nature Quotations \| Nature Sayings \| Wisdom Quotes
		Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.
		Love is the problem of an animal who must find life, create a dialogue with nature in order to experience his own being.
		Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life.
	www.wisdomquotes.com /cat_nature.html (1180 words)

	Nature's Reflection -Order Information
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	Amazon.com: John Shaw's Closeups in Nature: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Shaw (The Nature Photographer's Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques) is an excellent teacher, establishing a common vocabulary with the reader, presenting lavishly illustrated new material that builds on previous knowledge, repeating important concepts and techniques for emphasis.
		He believes that technical competence frees the photographer to concentrate on esthetics, and his inspiring pictures are beautiful artworkfields of flowers that evoke impressionist paintings, delicate dogwood blossoms reminiscent of Oriental designs, rare glimpses of snowflakes or raindrops on a yew needle.
		His newer "Nature Photography Field Guide" is also brilliant,and equally full of superb images, valuable tips, and further inspiration.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0817440526?v=glance (1704 words)

	The Nature of Order -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Nature of Order -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe is a four-volume work by (additional info and facts about Christopher Alexander) Christopher Alexander published in 2003-2004.
		In his earlier work, Alexander attempted to formulate the principles that lead to a good built environment as (A model considered worthy of imitation) patterns, or recurring design solutions.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_nature_of_order.htm (1085 words)

	The Nature of Order
		In The Nature of Order, Christopher Alexander advocates looking at the world as intertwined, overlapping centers.
		Everyone was ordering a fashionable drink, but, as far as I could tell, no one in this crowded place had ordered the victorian punchbowl.
		We did, and we put it in the middle of the table, but there were six cups around the edge of this bowl, and only three of us, all sitting on one side of a table with five chairs.
	natureoforder.blogspot.com (2352 words)

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	A Vision of a Living World: The Nature of Order, Book 3 - MicroUse.com Shopping
		In Book 3 of this four-volume work, Alexander presents hundreds of his own buildings and those of other contemporaries who have used methods consistent with the theory of living process.
		Nearly seven hundred pages of projects, built and planned in many countries over a thirty-year period, illustrate the impact of living process on the world.
		The book provides the reader with an intuitive feel for the kind of world, its style and geometry, which is needed to generate living structure in the world and its communities, together with its ecological and natural character.
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	Science & Theology News - ‘Nature of Order’ is wise but disorderly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and The Nature of the Universe.
		The Nature of Order, Alexander's magnum opus, synthesizes the most provocative discoveries of 20th-century science — and lays them at the feet of aesthetic theory.
		Alexander argues with mind, heart and spirit that there is such a thing as an intuitive human need for beauty, order and harmony.
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	Barnes & Noble.com - The Phenomenon of Life: Nature of Order, Book 1: An Essay on the Art of Building and ...
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		The Phenomenon of Life: Nature of Order, Book 1: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe, Vol.
		He is the winner of the first medal for research ever awarded by the American Institute of Architects, and after 40 years of teaching is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
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	ScienceDaily Books : The Phenomenon of Life: The Nature of Order, Book 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		With an architect's precision and clarity, he explains his theory of life as the order inhabiting space--an order both variable in degree and apprehensible to human minds.
		Though the scientifically minded will resist his seeming subjectivity, it will be hard for any to argue that his many examples of good and bad design are equivalent.
		Fundamental Flaws In Many Medical Studies Must Be Fixed In Order To Catch Signs Of Harm (November 10, 2005) — The arthritis drug Vioxx eased the pain of millions of patients -- but also increased heart attack and stroke risk among some of them.
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	The Nature Of Order
		A forum for discussion of Christopher Alexander's four-volume work, "The Nature of Order".
		Now that Christopher Alexander’s 27-years-in-the-making The Nature of Order has come on the scene, reviews and commentaries on his work are showing up in the media.
		The Nature of Order is a series of books I've been waiting for years to see.
	www.urbanology.com /natureoforder (202 words)

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