Mere Philosophy
In Memory of
Edmund Husserl
“Mereology (from the Greek μερος, ‘part’)
is the theory of parthood relations:
of the relations of part to whole and the
relations of part to part within a whole.
Its roots can be traced back to
the early days of philosophy….”
is the theory of parthood relations:
of the relations of part to whole and the
relations of part to part within a whole.
Its roots can be traced back to
the early days of philosophy….”
— Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
“Beauty is the proper conformity
of the parts to one another
and to the whole.”
— Classic definition quoted
by Werner Heisenberg
(Log24, May 18-20, 2005)
“It seems, as one becomes older,
That the past has another pattern,
and ceases to be a mere sequence….”
— T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets
See also Time Fold
and Theme and Variations.