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
passionate unions facts
It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty in our present society .
discovery weapons facts
The paradox is now fully established that the utmost abstractions are the true weapons with which to control our thought of concrete fact.
math errors facts
There is no more common error than to assume that, because prolonged and accurate mathematical calculations have been made, the application of the result to some fact of nature is absolutely certain.
imagination way facts
Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts. It is a way of illuminating the facts.
lying quality facts
There is a quality of life which lies always beyond the mere fact of life; and when we include the quality in the fact, there is still omitted the quality of the quality.
simplicity statistics facts
The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanation of complex facts... Seek simplicity and distrust it.
government facts considering
Governments are best classified by considering who are the "somebodies" they are in fact endeavoring to satisfy.
brutal courage firm force rather resolve true virtue vulgar
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes. Rather the firm resolve of virtue and reason.
analysis common-sense mind seldom simple solutions takes undertake unusual
Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.
bother familiar mankind mind requires undertake unusual
Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
achievement english-mathematician periods seldom
Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.
matter subject-matter manifestation
There is only one subject matter for education, and that is Life in all its manifestations
imagination experience tragedy
The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations.
may coats seamless
You may not divide the seamless coat of learning,