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Its antithesis is holism, which recognizes that the whole is often more than the sum of its parts.

It's just a simple list of facts presented in the first person, but somehow it adds up to more than the sum of its parts.

The album is still more than the sum of its parts, much like the Big Smoke itself.

What you call God is the sum of all consciousness, and yet the whole is more than the sum of Its parts.

His operas were more than the sum of his notes. But even if the great composer had no peers, he has had plenty of imitators.

Secondly, they have to believe that the team is capable of producing more than the sum of its members.

When they're playing together, of course, they add up to more than the sum of their own instruments.

Society itself has certain properties that are more than the sum of the individuals; there is an agency that's bigger than us.

For we are more than a political coalition, more than a collection of programmes, more than the sum of our prospects and our strategy.

While both horizontal and vertical lines also communicate stability, together they are more than the sum of their parts.

Love is something more than the sum of the interests and attractions and commonalities that two people share.

I think the product of a team is much more than the sum of all the individuals, no matter how great they think they are.

But Mrs Thatcher was far more than the sum of her actions.

But Apple is far more than the sum of the devices that it sells, impressive though they are.

The pressure on bloated banks to demonstrate that they are worth more than the sum of their parts will increase.

This ensures that companies are more than the sum of their parts.

Instead we believe in exchange, because team performance is more than the sum of individual achievements.

Sometimes a funk can equal more than the sum of its parts.

How can a package of loans be worth more than the sum of their individual values?

On the other hand, they have to believe that the team is capable of producing more than the sum of its members.

We have thoughts in our minds that are more than the sum of all neuron activity.

But today's frantic dealmaking means conglomerates such as GE find it harder to argue that they are worth more than the sum of their parts.

While these are the basic elements, a chair is more than the sum of its component parts.

A painting is more than the sum of its parts.

Ovarian cancer mortality in the highest of all gynecological tumor, cervical cancer and more than the sum of endometrial cancer.

What we see changes who we are. When we act together, the whole thing is much more than the sum of the parts.

I think this is because so many of us crave work that can be more than the sum of the tasks we perform.

My diary notes my reply: A man is more than the sum of all the things he can do.