And the whole [is] greater than the part.

Καὶ τὸ ὅλον τοῦ μέρους μεῖζον [ἐστιν].

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Cf. Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Η 1045a 8–10: "… the totality is not, as it were, a mere heap, but the whole is something besides the parts … [πάντων γὰρ ὅσα πλείω μέρη ἔχει καὶ μὴ ἔστιν οἷον σωρὸς τὸ πᾶν]"

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