I am also greatly indebted to Bergson, William James, and John Dewey. One of my preoccupations has been to rescue their type of thought from the charge of anti-intellectualism, which rightly or wrongly has been associated with it. Alfred North Whitehead More Quotes by Alfred North Whitehead More Quotes From Alfred North Whitehead No science can be more secure than the unconscious metaphysics which tacitly it presupposes. Alfred North Whitehead metaphysics unconscious secure No man of science wants merely to know. He acquires knowledge to appease his passion for discovery. He does not discover in order to know, he knows in order to discover. Alfred North Whitehead passion science knowledge With the sense of sight, the idea communicates the emotion, whereas, with sound, the emotion communicates the idea, which is more direct and therefore more powerful. Alfred North Whitehead powerful sight ideas Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe. Alfred North Whitehead offensive math life Scientists animated by the purpose of proving that they are purposeless constitute an interesting subject for study. Alfred North Whitehead study purpose interesting The power of Christianity lies in its revelation in act, of that which Plato divined in theory. Alfred North Whitehead plato christianity lying The real history does not get written, because it is not in people's brains but in their nerves and vitals. Alfred North Whitehead real history people In a certain sense, everything is everywhere at all times. For every location involves an aspect of itself in every other location. Thus every spatio-temporal standpoint mirrors the world Alfred North Whitehead location mirrors world To come very near to a true theory, and to grasp its precise application, are two different things, as the history of science teaches us. Everything of importance has been said before by someone who did not discover it. Alfred North Whitehead discovery two science Religion is what a man does with his solitariness. Alfred North Whitehead doe men It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of adventure and discovery - Columbus when he first saw the Western shore, Pizarro when he stared at the Pacific Ocean, Franklin when the electric spark came from the string of his kite, Galileo when he first turned his telescope to the heavens. Such moments are also granted to students in the abstract regions of thought, and high among them must be placed the morning when Descartes lay in bed and invented the method of co-ordinate geometry. Alfred North Whitehead ocean morning adventure It belongs to the self-respect of intellect to pursue every tangle of thought to its final unravelment. Alfred North Whitehead intellect finals self Vedanta is the most impressive metaphysics the human mind has conceived. Alfred North Whitehead metaphysics impressive mind It is not paradox to say that in our most theoretical moods we may be nearest to our most practical applications. Alfred North Whitehead paradox mood may The teleology of the Universe is directed to the production of Beauty... The type of Truth required for the final stretch of Beauty is a discovery and not a recapitulation... Apart from Beauty, Truth is neither good, nor bad... Truth matters because of beauty. Alfred North Whitehead matter discovery beauty Routine is the god of every social system; it is the seventh heaven of business, the essential component in the success of every factory, the ideal of every statesman. The social machine should run like clockwork. Alfred North Whitehead essentials running heaven The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment. Alfred North Whitehead molecules disappointment math There is no nature at an instant. Alfred North Whitehead instant nature math There is only one subject matter for education, and that is Life in all its manifestations Alfred North Whitehead manifestation subject-matter matter Philosophy asks the simple question: What is it all about? Alfred North Whitehead asks simple philosophy
