We have repeatedly observed that while any whole is evolving, there is always going on an evolution of the parts into which it divides itself; but we have not observed that this equally holds of the totality of things, which is made up of parts within parts from the greatest down to the smallest.


Pt. II, The Knowable; Ch. XIV, Summary and Conclusion. - First Principles (1862)

Herbert Spencer Quotes

We have repeatedly observed that while any whole is evolving, there is always going on an evolution of the parts into which it divides itself; but we ...

We have repeatedly observed that while any whole is evolving, there is always going on an evolution of the parts into which it divides itself; but we ...

We have repeatedly observed that while any whole is evolving, there is always going on an evolution of the parts into which it divides itself; but we ...

We have repeatedly observed that while any whole is evolving, there is always going on an evolution of the parts into which it divides itself; but we ...