"Matter in the universe configures into more and more complex entities where the parts cohere and share the same destiny. These configured entities are known as systems. Not all systems in the world are the same although there are general categories that cut across the traditional divisions of the natural and the social sciences. The new categories refer not to 'physical systems', 'chemical systems', 'biological systems', etc., but to states at, near to, or far from, equilibrium."

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