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synthesisA combination, derivation or compilation. See logic synthesis. synthesis 1. the process of producing a compound by a chemical reaction or series of reactions, usually from simpler or commonly available starting materials 2. Philosophy archaic synthetic reasoning 3. Philosophy a. (in the writings of Kant) the unification of one concept with another not contained in it b. the final stage in the Hegelian dialectic, that resolves the contradiction between thesis and antithesis
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That there was, indeed, beauty and harmony in those abnormal moments, that they really contained the highest synthesis of life, he could not doubt, nor even admit the possibility of doubt. By means of rapid mechanical traction, it had brought men nearer together, so much nearer socially, economically, physically, that the old separations into nations and kingdoms were no longer possible, a newer, wider synthesis was not only needed, but imperatively demanded. This language also enabled him more intimately to follow their mental processes, and thereby to gather much data for a projected chapter in some future book which he planned to entitle Synthesis of Working-Class Psychology. |
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