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Hly2004 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
the whole is in the part
What's the meaning of "the whole is in the part"?
My guess is:
everything is whole in itself, but a part in others.
My guess is:
everything is whole in itself, but a part in others.
Top answer
Not likely, but I have no idea from what you have given us. Any context?
- Not likely, but I have no idea from what you have given us.
- Any context?
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Not likely, but I have no idea from what you have given us. Any context?
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In truth, it must seem very forward of me to seek to derive such great results from the slender subject which I treat; but I am of those who believe that the whole is in the part. The child is small, and yet he is father to the man; the brain is cramped, and yet it is the seat of thought; the eye is but a point, yet it encompasses leagues of space.
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The author says the same thing in several ways, Hly, in the second sentence: the essence of the whole is in each part. The tiny genes contain all of the organism; the seed contains the tree. Is that the same idea that you were suggesting?
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