holon

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*Tauton pantachou eidos--holon kai hygies--hen kata pantôn, dia pantôn, epi pasi-kath' holou.

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  • First Proposition Footnote f eam aut[~e] +pentekęn+ vocat Balsamon Correct form is +penthektęn+ Footnote t kathaper empsuchou sômatos tôn spheôn exairetheisôn akreionas to holon: houtôs ex historias ean aręs tęn alętheian, to kataloipomenon autęs, anateles gignetai dięgęma A more recent text (the 1893 Teubner) has +tôn opseôn exairetheisôn achreioutai+ in place of +tôn spheôn exairetheisôn akreionas+ and +anôpheles+ in place of +anateles+ Footnote u Kaionos idiotęs eutheia Reading unclear: +Kaiones+ may be meant for a contraction of kai aiones+. —  A Treatise of Witchcraft
  • *Tauton pantachou eidos--holon kai hygies--hen kata pantôn, dia pantôn, epi pasi-kath' holou. —  Plato and Platonism
  • The term holon refers to autonomous entities that act both as a part and as a whole. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • HOLOBLASTIC: embryos in which the animal and vegetal cells divide equally (holon = whole). —  The Evolution of Man — Volume 1
  • The priests [Greek: apedosan holon ton bion têi tôn theôn theôriai kai theasei]. —  The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
 

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