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OROBORUS

The medieval symbol of holism depicting a snake that bites its own tall. Cyberneticians have used oroboroi to illustrate their interest in circularity and wholes. Varela's calculus of self-reference employs an abstract oroborus as sign for self-reference. (Krippendorff)
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