Quote Author: Alfred North Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead – ‘Seek simplicity and distrust…

‘Seek simplicity and distrust it.’

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Alfred North Whitehead – ‘The silly question is the fi…

‘The silly question is the first intimation of some totally new development.’

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Alfred North Whitehead – ‘The progress of Science cons…

‘The progress of Science consists in observing interconnections and in showing with a patient ingenuity that the events of this ever-shifting world are but examples of a few general relations called laws. To see what is general in what is … Continue reading

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Alfred North Whitehead – ‘It is the business of the fu…

‘It is the business of the future to be dangerous.’

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Alfred North Whitehead – ‘Civilization advances by ext…

‘Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations that we can perform without thinking about them.’

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Alfred North Whitehead – ‘Symbolism is no mere idle fa…

‘Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.’

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Alfred North Whitehead – ‘It is as true to say that Go…

‘It is as true to say that God is permanent and the World fluent as that the World is permanent and God is fluent. It is as true to say that God is one and the World many as that … Continue reading

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Alfred North Whitehead – ‘The only use of a knowledge …

‘The only use of a knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present. The present contains all that there is. It is holy ground; for it is the past and it is the future.’

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Alfred North Whitehead – ‘If a dog jumps up into your …

‘If a dog jumps up into your lap it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing it is because your lap is warmer.’

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Alfred North Whitehead – ‘We think in generalities but…

‘We think in generalities but we live in details.’

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