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Jan Christiaan Smuts - father of holism  

In 2005 whilst reading an article about systems theory, I came across a reference (Zeleny, M. 1987) to Jan C. Smuts as the ‘father of holism’. I was immediately curious to find out more, not only because I am a South African, like General Smuts was, but also because of the stories told by my father and grandfather. My great grandfather (on [...]