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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: "Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative..."
Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "An enormous part of our mature experience cannot not be..."
An enormous part of our mature experience cannot not be expressed in words. Alfred North Whitehead
The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "Philosophy is the product of wonder."
Philosophy is the product of wonder. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "Every really new idea looks crazy at first."
Every really new idea looks crazy at first. Alfred North Whitehead
I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning, or destroyed it altogether. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "Seek simplicity, and distrust it."
Seek simplicity, and distrust it. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "Seek simplicity but distrust it."
Seek simplicity but distrust it. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "A science that hesitates to forget its founders is lost."
A science that hesitates to forget its founders is lost. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on..."
Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human..."
The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit. Alfred North Whitehead
It is a profoundly erroneous truism that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is..."
There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays to the devil. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity..."
It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "Civilization advances by extending the number of important..."
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them. Alfred North Whitehead

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