up:: [[Concepts MOC]] tags:: #concept > [!NOTE]+ Notes on this note > This is a sanitized version of my actual note. > - Some content and links have been removed. # Synthesis The combining of separate elements or substances to form a coherent whole. Related: [[Convergence]] ### Example Usage, Keywords, Concepts, and Metaphors - Thesis. Antithesis. Synthesis [[201408190641]] - ie Hegelian dialectic [[MOCs are Dialectics]] - Chinese culture and Confucianism - Chinese civilization is the longest living because of its ability to synthesize disparate entities, like it's doing currently with Communism and Capitalism. - The Borg - via assimilation