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... animals may be cut up into any number of pieces and still regenerate a complete animal ? Double - headed hydras can easily be made by experi- ment ; then the two heads may fight for a daphnia , although it is immaterial on which side ...
... animals may be cut up into any number of pieces and still regenerate a complete animal ? Double - headed hydras can easily be made by experi- ment ; then the two heads may fight for a daphnia , although it is immaterial on which side ...
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... animal which possesses no specific sense organs , into the region of optimal conditions . The many things in the ... animal is surrounded , as by a soap bubble , by its specific ambients , replenished by those characteristics which are ...
... animal which possesses no specific sense organs , into the region of optimal conditions . The many things in the ... animal is surrounded , as by a soap bubble , by its specific ambients , replenished by those characteristics which are ...
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... animals consume a larger number of impressions than man does , per unit of astrono- mical time ; time is decelerated . Conversely , a snail is a ' rapid motion - picture animal ' . It crawls on a vibrating stick if it approaches four ...
... animals consume a larger number of impressions than man does , per unit of astrono- mical time ; time is decelerated . Conversely , a snail is a ' rapid motion - picture animal ' . It crawls on a vibrating stick if it approaches four ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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