Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead OM FRSwas an English mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy, which today has found application to a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology, among other areas...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMathematician
Date of Birth15 February 1861
Alfred North Whitehead quotes about
progress language evolution
Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.
justice citizens force
The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.
moral sin intolerance
Intolerance is the besetting sin of moral fervour.
creativity science simplicity
Seek simplicity, and distrust it.
perception foundation eternity
The foundation of reverence is this perception, that the present holds within itself the complete sum of existence, backwards and forwards, that whole amplitude of time, which is eternity.
creativity men creating
God is in the world, or nowhere, creating continually in us and around us. Insofar as man partakes of this creative process does he partake of the divine, of God, and that participation is his immortality ....
music education children
From the very beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery.
wisdom grows shrinks
Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.
independent literature way
The misconception which has haunted philosophic literature throughout the centuries is the notion of 'independent existence.' There is no such mode of existence; every entity is to be understood in terms of the way it is interwoven with the rest of the universe.
dog cat animal
If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
zero math needs
The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the operation of daily life. No one goes out to buy zero fish.
ignorance stupidity political
Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.
change art order
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.
education fate long
Education which is not modern share the fate of all organic things which are kept too long.