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Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

Alfred North Whitehead quotes

English Mathematician February 15, 1861 – December 30, 1947

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Alfred North Whitehead quote: "The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher..."
The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, seek simplicity and distrust it. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the..."
The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the operation of daily life. No one goes out to buy zero fish. Alfred North Whitehead
Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the..."
In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not value trained intelligence is doomed. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of..."
Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious..."
Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by..."
The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. Alfred North Whitehead
No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the penalty for it. Alfred North Whitehead
The truth is that science started its modern career by taking over ideas derived from the weakest side of the philosophies of Aristotle's successors. In some respects it was a happy choice. It enabled the knowledge of the seventeenth century to be formularised so far as physics and chemistry were concerned, with a completeness which has lasted to the present time. But the progress of biology and psychology has probably been checked by the uncritical assumption of half-truths. If science is... Alfred North Whitehead
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. Alfred North Whitehead
Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic..."
Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to..."
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "Nature is probably quite indifferent to the aesthetic..."
Nature is probably quite indifferent to the aesthetic preferences of mathematicians. Alfred North Whitehead
Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind, and within, the passing flux of immediate things; something which is real, and yet waiting to be realised; something which is a remote possibility, and yet the greatest of present facts; something that gives meaning to all that passes, and yet eludes apprehension; something whose possession is the final good, and yet is beyond all reach; something which is the ultimate ideal, and the hopeless quest. Alfred North Whitehead

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