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The belief that the whole is more than the sum of its parts — and pricier.
means An approach that treats systems, bodies, or problems as interconnected wholes rather than isolated pieces.
from Coined in 1926 by South African statesman Jan Smuts in Holism and Evolution, from the Greek holos, meaning whole or entire.
Original spellingSmuts insisted on holism, not the older wholism.
Medical forkNow flags both rigorous systems thinking and incense-scented quackery.
Smuts paradoxThe whole-unity philosopher also engineered racial segregation laws.