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(duì)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(jiǎn)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(diǎn)認(rèn)為：整體是一種獨(dú)立的真實(shí)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