Holism (from ὅλος holos, a Greek word meaning all, whole, entire, total), is the idea that natural systems (physical, biological, chemical, social, economic, mental, linguistic, etc.) and their properties, should be viewed as wholes, not as collections of parts. This often includes the view that systems somehow function as wholes and that their functioning cannot be fully understood solely in terms of their component parts.[1][2]
We are slowly returning to a holistic worldview, which the modern world sorely needs to reclaim. Yet holism is an ancient worldview, and holistic thinking a perennial ancient art, documented as far back as ancient Egypt.