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peterjgraham | 15:19 Mon 20th Oct 2008 | Business & Finance
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Who first said - the whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts?
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Gestalt Theory

In Gestalt theory and therapy, the fundamental "formula" of Gestalt might be expressed in this way: There are wholes, the behavior of which is not determined by that of their individual elements, but where the part-processes are themselves determined by the intrinsic nature of the whole. It is the hope of Gestalt theory to determine the nature of such wholes.
I believe Max Wertheimer was its biggest proponent

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