Jan Smuts

Holism is the interdisciplinary idea that systems possess properties as wholes apart from the properties of their component parts. The aphorism "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts", is often given as a summary of this proposal. The concept of holism can inform the methodology for a broad array of scientific fields and lifestyle practices. When applications of holism are said to reveal properties of a whole system beyond those of its parts, these qualities are referred to as emergent properties of that system. Holism in all contexts is often placed in opposition to reductionism, a d

South African statesman and military leader (1870–1950)

conflict

1914 military campaign

the League of Nations' charter

1914-1918 series of battles in East Africa during World War I

opening of the 1945 United Nations Charter

Uprising in South Africa from 1921 to 1922

British WW1 coordinating body

township in South Africa

Short-lived local revolt in South West Africa (c. 1922)

mountain in Alberta, Canada