Replying to LO27741 --
Hello Eric,
We seem near neighbours, but couldn't find you in our university guides. I
like to meet you.
Thank you for your thoughtful reply.
> The difference between the sum of parts and the whole itself, lies in the
> relationships between the parts when they form a whole, and again the
> relationship of the whole with the whole of which it is part.
Yes, this was precisely what I had in mind. As a matter of fact I was
thinking of a real old fashioned balance as metaphor: on one side the
system, on the other side the surroundings (the 'rest').
I even extended this metaphor, or better said this imagination. In this
imagination it was me who stands on one side of this balance and thinking
of the things that were on the other side :-) But also I was thinking of
the 'mobile', that thing that you sometimes can find in children's rooms:
several arms connected to eachother, all in balance. It gave me a
'feeling' of wholeness.
I have enjoyed your hammer-example.
dr. Leo D. Minnigh
l.d.minnigh@library.tudelft.nl
Library Technical University Delft
PO BOX 98, 2600 MG Delft, The Netherlands
Tel.: 31 15 2782226
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