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%ANALYSIS VS HOLISTIC RELATING 801015
Some kinds of understanding are achieved through
analysis. Other kinds of understanding come to us through
holistic relating in personal terms. Each kind of
understanding is appropriate to its own context, and
inappropriate in other contexts. It is foolish to presume
that any one kind of understanding is universally
appropriate without respect for its specialized
presuppositions. The scientist cannot understand another
person through the analysis of the nuclei, atoms,
molecules, hormones, cells, or organs of that person. The
understanding which is achieved through such analysis is
very limited, although complementary and valuable in its
own way. More usually inter-personal understanding grows
through relationships in which whole beings relate to each
other. Yet, there are times when the scientists' analyses
can complement such holistic understanding in essential
ways; e.g., when due to genetic defects there are hormonal
imbalances which can be corrected through the use of
carefully selected drugs. Such drugs may open the
possibility of inter-personal relationships which would
otherwise be impossible. They are no substitute for
inter-personal relationships as the context for holistic
understanding. Neither is holistic personal understanding
a substitute for the kind of understanding which the
scientist can achieve through objective analysis. For
either to exclude the other is foolish.
Some kinds of understanding come from taking control
of a situation and deciding which way the course of events
should go. Other kinds of understanding come to those who
dedicate themselves to the service of persons and causes
which they acknowledge transcend their personal
understanding and power to control. The two kinds of
understanding are mutually complementary and cannot
substitute for each other.
Wisdom comes from understanding the appropriate
contexts for each kind of understanding to grow and bear
fruit, and from understanding the limitations of each kind
of understanding---and so to know the contexts within
which each kind of understanding is inappropriate, and
perhaps alienative.
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