Some philosophers now argue that one can say nothing rational about the Whole of what is. An equally one-sided opinion is that whatever may be said about a part, in disregard of its being a part, is bound to be partial, and so falls short of the truth. Either view is mistaken: one can talk sense enough about both the whole and its parts, provided one doesn't overestimate the extent of man's present knowledge. We stand today overburdened with bits and pieces, useful for our immediate purposes but with little relevance for the long-term strategy that we now need. In short we have, to an alarming degree, lost sight of the Whole.
Two difficulties stand in the way of Wholesight. One is the reliance we place on the kind of logic we have used during our long quest for control of the pieces. We never question that Yes denies No: that if any proposition is true, its contradiction must needs be false. Yet whenever such a clear contradiction presents itself, there will be some level in the Whole where Yes and No can peacefully coexist in the shelter of a wider comprehension.
