Did you perchance mean monarchy?
Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. philosophy A connection between holons (things that are both a part and a whole).
Etymologies
- holo- + -archy, coined by Arthur Koestler. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Levels or waves in each quadrant demonstrate holarchy, which is a kind of hierarchy wherein each new level transcends the limits of the previous levels but includes the essential aspects of those same levels.”
“~ Working with emotions -- "Any one of these may work well on its own, but the real effects come from using a combination of them over time, exploring emotions, and any particular emotion, from many different levels of the holarchy and from several different angles.”
“The concepts of holon and holarchy are fundamental to understanding the healthy function of complex living systems, which requires that each of their whole-parts maintain its own identity and boundaries even as it functions as part of the larger whole.”
“This hierarchy of relationships from the atom to the organism is known as a holarchy.”
“Wilbur offers a comforting (for me) way to look at this ... through spiral dynamics ... which while moving on a sort of linear path, it doesn't assume hierarchy, but rather a holarchy.”
“I would point out that he was teaching his students in Moscow about holarchy years before the term was even coined, about different brains half a century before Paul MacLean developed the idea of the triune brain, that his system specifically addresses questions of physiological events that occur during meditation, that he was virtually alone in suggesting that there is a limit to how many people on earth can realize higher consciousness, and so on and so on.”
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teleologos
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The Thinking Sage's Lexicon
Words of numinous beauty.
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thinkingsage A hierarchy of holons is a holarchy. The "nested" nature of holons, where one holon can be considered as part of another, is similar to the term Panarchy. Aug 26, 2009