Sentences with phrase «rather than a sum of its parts»

The deliberate gaps of wood grain distort the figure / ground relationship, so that the development of the collage is not immediately noticeable and the surface appears coherent, rather than a sum of its parts.

Not exact matches

Only I - Thou sees this wholeness as the whole person in unreasoned relation with what is over against him rather than as a sum of parts, some of which are labeled objective and hence oriented around the thing known and some subjective and hence oriented around the knower.

Given so many variables in which the whole adds up to more than just a sum of its parts — with various ingredients and techniques in play -, the quest for a perfect egg - free cake might be starting with a «depression cake» of sorts and seeing how certain properties (rise, crumb, flavour, stackability etc.) could be further improved by tweaking it, rather than trying to find an universal egg replacer for just about any recipe (convenient as that would be).

Jürgen Klopp himself presents a rather intriguing prospect too, he is very much focussed on the concept of team building, and a collective ethos and spirit, in which the sum of the parts is greater than the value of the individual parts themselves — maybe Klopp will go some way to healing the hurt left from Suarez's departure, as he himself is also immensely popular amongst the fans, but his players will certainly have a key role in that becoming a reality, as ultimately it is performances on the pitch that mean the most to the fans.

(Although it might be worth you noting that the 51 % figure seems to suggest that Lib - Lab is worth a good deal less than the sum of its parts...) Is it just possible that Brown's disastrous economic mismanagement and loathsome disdain for the people of the country has got people's backs up rather?

At the same time, he suggested, neuroscientists could take a cue from physicists in looking at natural systems as a whole rather than as a sum of their parts.

Most people when they know that they're getting a book with added content over a first draft which is free, and that part of the sum that the author makes is going to a good cause related to the content of the book, will likely go with the legit version rather than the pirated one.

By doing so, your fund pays tax — on the assessable part of the lump sum — at the concessional fund tax rate of 15 %, rather than the member paying tax at their marginal rate.

These games differ because they aren't grand adventures, but rather compact, intricately designed puzzle boxes where narrative and the central conceit of the plot pushes the game to be worth more than the sum of its parts.

What came after was further a disappointment, for us and for him; endless variations on a theme of architectonic rectangles on a white background, few instances of which amount to anything more than the rather mean sum of their parts.»

At its bare bones, the paper is magical reasoning pretending to be logic, a claim that the whole is more than the sum of its parts, and that difference between the sum and the whole is materially real and meaningful, rather than an emergent transitory effect.

Law firms — rather than being perceived as entities that are bigger and more important than the sum of their parts — are viewed as disposable shells; mere life support systems upon which lawyers leech until retirement.