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.