--- title: "1 Gestalt Quotes By Fritjof Capra" description: "1 Gestalt quotes by Fritjof Capra. Plus more from Fritjof Capra and more Gestalt sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/fritjof-capra-10298_alienation_in-the-germany-of-the-l920s-the-weimar-r_1120335.jpg" --- > [In the Germany of the l920s, the Weimar Republic, both orga­nismic biology and Gestalt psychology were part of a larger intellectual trend that saw itself as a protest movement against the increasing fragmentation and alienation of human nature. The entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/in-the-germany-of-the-l920s-the-weimar-republic-both-orga-nismic/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/fritjof-capra-10298_alienation_in-the-germany-of-the-l920s-the-weimar-r_1120335.jpg) ## More by Fritjof Capra > [If physics leads us today to a world view which is essentially mystical, it returns, in a way, to its beginning, 2,500 years ago.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/if-physics-leads-us-today-to-a-world-view-which-is-essentially/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [“The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/the-phenomenon-of-emergence-takes-place-at-critical-points-of/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [Genuine mental health would involve a balanced interplay of both modes of experience, a way of life in which one's identification with the ego…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/genuine-mental-health-would-involve-a-balanced-interplay-of-both/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [Knowledge cannot be separated from a certain way of life which becomes its living manifestation. To acquire mystical knowledge means to undergo a transformation;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/knowledge-cannot-be-separated-from-a-certain-way-of-life-which/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [The term "paradigm," from the Greek paradeigma ("pattern"), was used by Kuhn to denote a conceptual framework shared by a community of scientists and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/the-term-paradigm-from-the-greek-paradeigma-pattern-was-used-by-kuhn/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [My main professional interest during the 1970s has been in the dramatic change of concepts and ideas that has occurred in physics during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/my-main-professional-interest-during-the-1970s-has-been-in-the/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [Ecology and spirituality are fundamentally connected, because deep ecological awareness, ultimately, is spiritual awareness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/ecology-and-spirituality-are-fundamentally-connected-because-deep/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [During periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights which give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/during-periods-of-relaxation-after-concentrated-intellectual-activity/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [As Eastern thought has begun to interest a significant number of people, and meditation is no longer viewed with ridicule or suspicion, mysticism is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/as-eastern-thought-has-begun-to-interest-a-significant-number-of/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [As long as we do science, some things will always remain unexplained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/as-long-as-we-do-science-some-things-will-always-remain-unexplained/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [Modern physics had shown that the rhythm of creation and destruction is not only manifest in the turn of the seasons and in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/modern-physics-had-shown-that-the-rhythm-of-creation-and-destruction/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [The elements of life are dynamic patterns of mass and energy, events rather than objects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/the-elements-of-life-are-dynamic-patterns-of-mass-and-energy-events/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [Subatomic particles do not exist but rather show 'tendencies to exist', and atomic events do not occur with certainty at definite times and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/subatomic-particles-do-not-exist-but-rather-show-tendencies-to-exist/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [In the end, the aggressors always destroy themselves, making way for others who know how to cooperate and get along. Life is much less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/in-the-end-the-aggressors-always-destroy-themselves-making-way-for/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) > [Whenever the essential nature of things is analysed by the intellect, it must seem absurd or paradoxical. This has always been recognized by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/whenever-the-essential-nature-of-things-is-analysed-by-the-intellect/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gestalt/fritjof-capra/#itemlist", "name": "1 Gestalt Quotes By Fritjof Capra", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the Germany of the l920s, the Weimar Republic, both orga­nismic biology and Gestalt psychology were part of a larger intellectual trend that saw itself as a protest movement against the increasing fragmentation and alienation of human nature. The entire Weimar culture was characterized by an antimechanistic outlook, a \"hunger for wholeness\". 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