The real history does not get written, because it is not in people's brains but in their nerves and vitals. — 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
Some philosophers fail to distinguish propositions from judgements; ... But in the real world it is more important that a proposition be… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
A race preserves its vigor so long as it harbors a real contrast between what has been and what may be; and… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Whenever a text-book is written of real educational worth, you may be quite certain that some reviewer will say that it will… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
But in the prevalent discussion of classes, there are illegitimate transitions to the notions of a 'nexus' and of a 'proposition'. The… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
There are two principles inherent in the very nature of things, recurring in some particular embodiments whatever field we explore - the… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind, and within, the passing flux of immediate things; something which is real,… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language. It is essentially a written language, and it endeavors to exemplify… — 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 Image
Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Without adventure all civilization is full of decay. Adventure rarely reaches its predetermined end. Columbus never reached China. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Aristotle discovered all the half-truths which were necessary to the creation of science. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
On the ostensible exactitude of certain branches of human knowledge, including mathematics. The exactness is a fake. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The future belongs to those who can rise above the confines of the earth. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
