whole Quotes

A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.

The structural unity of the parts is such that, if any one of them is displaced or removed, the whole will be disjointed and dis­turbed. For a thing whose presence or absence makes no visible difference is not an organic... ...

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

Of mankind in general, the parts are greater than the whole.

In all things which have a plurality of parts, and which are not a total aggregate but a whole of some sort distinct from the parts, there is some cause.