Chiefs Quote by Alfred North Whitehead Download Open image “The chief danger to philosophy is narrowness in the selection of evidence.” — Alfred North Whitehead ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chiefs Danger Danger Philosophy Evidence Narrowness Narrowness Selection Philosophy Philosophy Narrowness Selection Selection Evidence
Either philosophy reinforces communal beliefs, in which case it is pointless; or else it is at odds with those beliefs, in which case it… — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to suggest many… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“if philosophy develops in the right ways, it might help ease the conflicts between rival dogmatic certainties. But, even if this hope is right,… — Jonathan Glover Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is difficult, like looking directly at the tip of your nose is difficult! We rely in every act of knowing on foundational philosophical… — Esther Lightcap Meek Copy Share Image
Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve. — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
The great benefit of philosophy, which is also its great weakness, is that all its steps are taken in the spirit of doubt. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“A fine risk is always something to be taken in philosophy. ... Philosophy thus arouses a drama between philosophers and an intersubjective movement which… — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
There are two threats to reason, the opinion that one knows the truth about the most important things and the opinion that there is… — Allan Bloom 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
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all these things,… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Las Vegas is a resort whose two chief sources of income are seven and eleven. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against… — James Burnham Copy Share Image
Remember chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's callous enjoinder 'you never want a serious crisis to go to waste'? This White House is a serious… — Bob Tyrrell Copy Share Image
There is a wealth of unexpressed love in the world. It is one of the chief causes of sorrow evoked by death: what might… — Arthur Hopkins Copy Share Image
The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agent. — Wes Smith Copy Share Image
Most of my writer friends are women, and they're all extremely talented, so of course I think the state of contemporary fiction for women… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground. — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
