Abstract
The living world is comprised of beings with degrees of complexity developing in sequential stages, ranging from cellular organelles through cells, organs and organisms to animal populations, doing so in accordance with the repeated application of two basic principles: juxtaposition of entities arising from the same stage, then integration of these entities to produce a higher stage. As for a mosaic art work, the newly formed stage still leaves a degree of autonomy for the entities of the previous stage that combine to form the mosaic. The same mosaic-type construction can be used to describe mental processes in the living world, e.g. memory, cultural habits, consciousness, language, literature and even ethics.
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