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Its antithesis is holism, which recognizes that the whole is often more than the sum of its parts.
与之相对的是整体论，该理论认为整体的作用往往大于各部分的简单相加。
Holism is the concept that the whole has a reality independent and greater than the sum of its parts.
整体论的观点认为：整体是一种独立的真实存在，并大于其各部分相加之总和。
21st century learning draws upon the concept of holism, the Aristotelian idea that systems can only be understood by looking at them as a whole, and not simply by investigating their parts.
21世纪学习借鉴了整体论的概念，也就是亚里士多德的理论----只有整体的观察系统，才能理解它，而不能只研究它们的组成部分。

If the Sustainability Holism Hypothesis holds true in the long run, what can we expect?
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Call it the Sustainability Holism Hypothesis coming straight out of eco-thinking.
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Unfortunately for Americans, our cultural holism about health is giving rise to a logic that creates huge problems for our cultural holism about faith and spiritualism.
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the belief that each thing is a whole that is more important than the parts that make it up