Bibliography: p. [335]-342;Includes index;Prologue: the new calendar -- pt. 1. Outline of a system: The Holarchy -- Beyond eros and thanatos -- The three dimensions of emotion -- Ad majorem gloriam... -- An alternative to despair -- pt. 2. The creative mind: Humour and wit -- The art of discovery -- The discoveries of art -- pt. 3. Creative evolution: Crumbling citadels -- Lamarck revisited -- Strategies and purpose in evolution -- pt. 4. New horizons: Free will in a heirarchic context -- Physics and metaphysics -- A glance through the keyhole -- Beyond atomism and holism- the concept of the holon -- An experiment in perception -- Notes on the autonomic nervous system -- UFOs: a festival of absurdityIncludes indexPrologue: the new calendar -- pt. 1. Outline of a system: The Holarchy -- Beyond eros and thanatos -- The three dimensions of emotion -- Ad majorem gloriam... -- An alternative to despair -- pt. 2. The creative mind: Humour and wit -- The art of discovery -- The discoveries of art -- pt. 3. Creative evolution: Crumbling citadels -- Lamarck revisited -- Strategies and purpose in evolution -- pt. 4. New horizons: Free will in a heirarchic context -- Physics and metaphysics -- A glance through the keyhole -- Beyond atomism and holism- the concept of the holon -- An experiment in perception -- Notes on the autonomic nervous system -- UFOs: a festival of absurdity