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Georg Christoph LichtenbergA good means to discovery is to take away certain parts of a system to find out how the rest behaves.

—  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims

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Sri AurobindoGenius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

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Arthur ClarkeThe goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. That's why we have to destroy the present politico-economic system.

—  Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer

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Eric HofferA heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor.

—  Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher

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T. S. EliotIt is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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Friedrich von SchlegelIt is equally fatal for the spirit to have a system and to have none. One must thus decide to join the two.

—  Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer

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Henry KissingerEmpires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.

—  Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023, American politician

Arthur KoestlerWherever we find orderly, stable systems in Nature, we find that they are hierarchically structured, for the simple reason that without such structuring of complex systems into sub-assemblies, there could be no order and stability- except the order of a dead universe filled with a uniformly distributed gas.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

Ancient Greek

AristotleThe totality is not a mere heap, but the whole is something besides the parts.

Πάντων γαρ όσα πλείω μέρη έχει και μη έστιν οίον σωρός το παν.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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