holism

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Its antithesis is holism, which recognizes that the whole is often more than the sum of its parts.
與之相對的是整體論，該理論認(rèn)為整體的作用往往大于各部分的簡單相加。
Holism is the concept that the whole has a reality independent and greater than the sum of its parts.
整體論的觀點認(rèn)為：整體是一種獨立的真實存在，并大于其各部分相加之總和。
21st century learning draws upon the concept of holism, the Aristotelian idea that systems can only be understood by looking at them as a whole, and not simply by investigating their parts.
21世紀(jì)學(xué)習(xí)借鑒了整體論的概念，也就是亞里士多德的理論----只有整體的觀察系統(tǒng)，才能理解它，而不能只研究它們的組成部分。

If the Sustainability Holism Hypothesis holds true in the long run, what can we expect?
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Call it the Sustainability Holism Hypothesis coming straight out of eco-thinking.
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Unfortunately for Americans, our cultural holism about health is giving rise to a logic that creates huge problems for our cultural holism about faith and spiritualism.
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the belief that each thing is a whole that is more important than the parts that make it up