Full Definition of SITE. 1. a: the spatial location of an actual or planned structure or set of structures (as a building, town, or monuments) b: a space of ground occupied or to be occupied by a building. 2.
The Whole is Other than the Sum of the Parts When the perceptual system forms a percept or gestalt, the whole thing has a reality of its own, independent of the parts. The Gestalt psychologist Kurt Koffka made a famous statement about this: The whole is other than the sum of its parts. This statement is often translated to English as, The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Democritus was an ancient Greek philosopher who was very interested in matter. He wanted to know what things are actually made of. He was the person who developed the idea of atoms. The word atom comes from the Greek word atomos which means uncuttable.. Democritus believed that if you tried to cut matter into the smallest pieces possible, you would eventually get a very small particle that is indestructible and could not be cut.