Continuity and discontinuity

1. Continuity in the development or activity of a system is indicated by relative stability within parameters of any of its given aspects. Biological homeostasis is an example. Discontinuity is the transition of the active system or its major elements beyond these parameters.

2. Continuity and discontinuity exist in form and structure. Discontinuity is the analytical nature of all matter (unitized by atomic or particle composition) and all life and human formations (the biological and sociological unit base). Continuity is the holistic reality of a system related to its negentropy or raison d'être, that is, its dynamics and function.

3. Continuity, discontinuity and alteration or creative dialectic between them are the three dynamic qualities of all things.