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Nature is probably quite indifferent to the aesthetic preferences of mathematicians.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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Rightness of limitation is essential for growth of reality.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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You cannot be wise without some basis of knowledge, but you may easily acquire knowledge and remain bare of wisdom.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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Identification of rhythm as the casual counterpart of life; wherever there is some life, only perceptible to us when the analogies are sufficiently close.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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It is natural to think that an abstract science cannot be of much importance in affairs of human life, because it has omitted from its consideration everything of real interest.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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In a sense, knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows, for details are swallowed up in principles. The details for knowledge which are important, will be picked up ad hoc in each avocation of life, but the habit of the active utilization of well-understood principles is the final possession of WISDOM.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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The vigor of civilized societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth-while.

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Error is the price we pay for progress.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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After you understand about the sun and the stars and the rotation of the earth, you may still miss the radiance of the sunset.

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The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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We think of the number "five" as applying to appropriate groups of any entities whatsoever - to five fishes, five children, five apples, five days... We are merely thinking of those relationships between those two groups which are entirely independent of the individual essences of any of the members of either group. This is a very remarkable feat of abstraction; and it must have taken ages for the human race to rise to it

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Life is the enjoyment of emotion, derived from the past and aimed at the future.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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The main importance of Francis Bacon's influence does not lie in any peculiar theory of inductive reasoning which he happened to express, but in the revolt against second-hand information of which he was a leader.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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The vigour of civilised societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth while. Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives, so that men wander beyond the safe provision of personal gratifications. All strong interests easily become impersonal, the love of a good job well done. There is a sense of harmony about such an accomplishment, the Peace brought by something worth while. Such personal gratification arises from aim beyond personality.