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Ludwig von Bertalanffy
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Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy was an Austrian biologist known as one of the founders of general systems theory. This is an interdisciplinary practice that describes systems with interacting components,
Ludwig von Bertalanffy in 1926
Ludwig von Bertalanffy in 1926
Passive electrical schematic of the Bertalanffy module together with equivalent expression in the Energy Systems Language
Passive electrical schematic of the Bertalanffy module together with equivalent expression in the Energy Systems Language
Führerprinzip
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The Führerprinzip was the basis of executive authority in the government of Nazi Germany. It placed Adolf Hitler's word above all written law, and meant that government policies, decisions, and offici
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
…Vienna in 1940. During the Second World War, he linked his "organismic" philosophy of biology to the dominant Nazi ideology, principally that of the Führerprinzip. Bertalanffy left Vienna permanently in 1948, believing that unfavorable denazification proceedings and hostility stemming from his wartime activities…
Official poster from the Wochenspruch der NSDAP series, 16 February 1941. The inscription reads: "The Führer is always right".
Official poster from the Wochenspruch der NSDAP series, 16 February 1941. The inscription reads: "The Führer is always right".
The Führerprinzip allowed Hitler, Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, and Rudolf Hess to politically purge the Nazi Party on the Night of the Long Knives
The Führerprinzip allowed Hitler, Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, and Rudolf Hess to politically purge the Nazi Party on the Night of the Long Knives in the summer of 1934.
At trial in Israel in 1961, the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann said that the Führerprinzip excused his actions because he was obeying superior order
At trial in Israel in 1961, the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann said that the Führerprinzip excused his actions because he was obeying superior orders.