incorrectly translated
"the whole is more than the sum of its parts" which is translation
wise wrong, but in some western cultures from western europe
farther west to the west coast of America the schema translation is accurate
if not the words used. Not unlike saying "come on dude" has about
100 meanings based on culture, and voice inflections. Gestalt was very
popular in the later part of the 1800s early 1900s but soon ran out of favor
for variosu reasons, not the least of which was
World War I. |
balanced between
nature and nuture |
a slightly better
explanation is, life is like a clock, or a series of engines working together
in order to both individauly perform their duties
but together they can do more than any one engine can do on its own. Not
unlike connecting 20 or 30 drones together can lift one or more human
passengers, the whole is greatter than its parts. |
examining the study of
the mind from a very different schema than the accepted model of breaking
everything down to its most simple appliation. Its
strength is also its weakness to some cultures. |
cultural refusal to
perceive more than the most simple ideas. |
this field has great
potential if academics would allow it back to being studied again. |