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For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and
aversation towards society in any man, hath read more
For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and
aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the
savage beast.
The process of evolution may be described as differentiation of structure and integration of function. The more differentiated and specialized read more
The process of evolution may be described as differentiation of structure and integration of function. The more differentiated and specialized the parts, the more elaborate co-ordination is needed to create a well-balanced whole. The ultimate criterion of the value of a functional whole is the degree of its internal harmony or integratedness, whether the "functional whole" is a biological species or a civilization or an individual. A whole is defined by the pattern of relations between its parts, not by the sum of its parts; and a civilization is not defined by the sum of its science, technology, art and social organization, but by the total pattern which they form, and the degree of harmonious integration in that pattern.
The classes and the masses.
The classes and the masses.
Adversity is the first path to truth. - Don Juan.
Adversity is the first path to truth. - Don Juan.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
...the self-assertive tendency is the dynamic expression of the holon's wholeness, the integrative tendency, the dynamic expression of its partness.
...the self-assertive tendency is the dynamic expression of the holon's wholeness, the integrative tendency, the dynamic expression of its partness.
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.
Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.
