It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty in… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
It is natural to think that an abstract science cannot be of much importance in affairs of human life, because it has… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“The certainty of mathematics depends on its complete abstract generality.” — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
But harmony is limitation. Thus rightness of limitation is essential for growth of reality. Unlimited possibility and abstract creativity can procure nothing. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of adventure and… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
A philosopher of imposing stature doesn't think in a vacuum. Even his most abstract ideas are, to some extent, conditioned by what… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The new tinge to modern minds is a vehement and passionate interest in the relation of general principles to irreducible and stubborn… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share
Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share
The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share
Without adventure all civilization is full of decay. Adventure rarely reaches its predetermined end. Columbus never reached China. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share
Aristotle discovered all the half-truths which were necessary to the creation of science. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share
On the ostensible exactitude of certain branches of human knowledge, including mathematics. The exactness is a fake. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share
It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty in our present… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share
Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of infinitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share
Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share
The future belongs to those who can rise above the confines of the earth. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share
Do not teach too many subjects and what you teach, teach thoroughly. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. Operations of thought are cavalry charges in… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share
