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Far Quotes by Alfred North Whitehead
- We must not expect simple answers to far-reaching questions. However far our gaze penetrates, there are always heights beyond which block our vision.
- I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive…
- So far as the mere imparting of information is concerned, no university has had any justification for existence since the popularization of printing in the…
- The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.
- ...the only simplicity to be trusted is the simplicity to be found on the far side of complexity.
- The mentality of mankind and the language of mankind created each other. If we like to assume the rise of language as a given fact,…
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