“No man is an island- he is a holon. A Janus-faced entity who, looking inward, sees himself as a self-contained unique whole, looking outward as a dependent part. His self-assertive tendency is the dynamic manifestation of his unique wholeness, his autonomy and independence as a holon. Its equally universal antagonist, the integrative tendency, expresses his dependence on the larger whole to which he belongs: his 'part-ness.'.” MenSelfWholeUniqueUniversalIndependenceTendenciesManifestationIslandsDependentEntityInwardWholenessDependenceAutonomyAssertiveAntagonistSelf ContainedJanus Author:Arthur Koestler
“In any country, regardless of what its laws say, wherever people act upon the idea that the disadvantage of one man is the good of another, there slavery exists. Wherever, in any country the whole people feel that the happiness of all is dependent upon the happiness of the weakest, there freedom exists.” PeopleMenFeelsIdeasCountryWholeLawSlaveryDependentOne ManDisadvantages Book:The Booker T. Washington Papers Source: The Booker T. Washington Papers
“The new paradigm may be called a holistic world view, seeing the world as an integrated whole rather than a dissociated collection of parts. It may also be called an ecological view, if the term "ecological" is used in a much broader and deeper sense than usual. Deep ecological awareness recognizes the fundamental interdependence of all phenomena and the fact that, as individuals and societies we are all embedded in (and ultimately dependent on) the cyclical process of nature.” IfsWorldMayWholeFactsUsedIndividualProcessTermViewsSeeingAwarenessFundamentalsDeeperCollectionsDependentUsualParadigmIntegratedEcologicalEmbeddedHolisticInterdependenceWorld ViewSeeing The WorldIndividuals And Society Book:The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision Source: The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision