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Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.

~David Bohm

Topics: Individuality Only Possible Unfolds Wholeness

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During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has woven a network of communication which puts each part of the world in to almost instant contact with all the other parts.

~David Bohm

Topics: Air Air Travel Almost Communication Contact Decades Each Few Instant Modern Modern Technology Network Other Part Parts Past Puts Radio Satellites Technology Travel Tv Which World Woven

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The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.

~David Bohm

Topics: Ability Differently Gained Important Knowledge More Perceive Than Think

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We havent really paid much attention to thought as a process. we have engaged in thoughts, but we have only paid attention to the content, not to the process.

~David Bohm

Topics: Attention Content Engaged Much Much Attention Only Paid Process Really Thought Thoughts

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A corporation is organized as a system - it has this department, that department, that department... they don't have any meaning separately; they only can function together. And also the body is a system. Society is a system in some sense. And so on.

~David Bohm

Topics: Also Any Body Corporation Department Function Meaning Only Organized Sense Separately Society Some System Together

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And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on with that way of thinking. That is what I call 'sustained incoherence.

~David Bohm

Topics: Against Avoid Call Keeping Results Struggles Sustained Thinking Those Thought Trying Unpleasant Way While

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Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture.

~David Bohm

Topics: Able Compulsive Conform Constitute Culture Distortion Freely Impose Meanings Others Our Real Revolution Self-Deception Share Suppose Those Urge View Were Without Would

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But the way people commonly use the word nowadays it means something all of whose parts are mutually interdependent - not only for their mutual action, but for their meaning and for their existence.

~David Bohm

Topics: Action Commonly Existence Interdependent Meaning Means Mutual Mutually Nowadays Only Parts People Something Use Way Whose Word

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People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in this pool of common meaning which is capable of constant development and change.

~David Bohm

Topics: Capable Change Common Constant Development Interacting Longer Meaning Nor Opposition Participating People Pool Primarily Rather Said Which

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A new kind of mind thus beings to come into being which is based on the development of a common meaning that is constantly transforming in the process of the dialogue.

~David Bohm

Topics: Based Being Beings Come Common Constantly Development Dialogue Kind Meaning Mind New New Kind Process Thus Transforming Which

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: December 20th, 1917

Died: October 27th, 1992

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