smuts

And no, holism is a word that belongs to Jan Smuts and you cannot steal it for your magic peanut oil business.

In 1934 Hertzog agreed to merge his National Party with the rival South African Party of Jan Smuts to form the United Party.

I’d also say I’ve liked most Afrikaners I’ve met, didn’t encounter much racism, and Jan Smuts is a fascinating character.

By the way, for the sake of interest, Jan Smuts was well known for having a house with very cold winters and very hot summers.

When Jan Smuts coined the term [1], he was unfortunately at a too immature scientific stage to pave the way for a careful and thorough academic field of study.

I love a good Smuts anecdote, he was a fascinating person.

Smuts's main observation was that the whole is often "greater than the sums of parts".

Arthur Tansley who had invented the term ecosystem, had once accused Field Marshal Jan Smuts of the "abuse of vegetational concepts".

Smuts had invented a philosophy called holism, where everyone had a 'rightful place', which was to be managed by the white race.

The way I take it, Holism and Evolution was Smuts's response to Darwin's work and in a more ideal world, Smuts's work could have been a nice addition to On the Origin of Species.

[1] [1] Jan Smuts: Unafraid of Greatness.