Source: Living Systems: Basic Concepts (1969), p. 51; Opening paragraph
“The most general form of systems theory is a set of logical or mathematical statements about all conceptual systems. A subset of this concerns all concrete systems. A subsubset concerns the very special and very important living systems, i. e., general living systems theory.”
Source: Living systems, 1978, p. 41
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