“Composers thought about music atomistically in those days, not only in terms of individual notes but also in terms of breaking those notes up into aspects of duration, pitch and timbre.”
“At bottom it is a reaction against all tendencies to deal with human thought and behaviour atomistically that is, in terms of simple, discrete units of either thought, perception, or overt behaviour.”
“Smith's analysis atomistically, as though his ultimate opinion was independently supported by each.”