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In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.
Alfred North Whitehead
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Alfred North Whitehead
Age: 86 †
Born: 1861
Born: February 15
Died: 1947
Died: December 30
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Order is not sufficient. What is required, is something much more complex. It is order entering upon novelty so that the massiveness of order does not degenerate into mere repetition and so that the novelty is always reflected upon a background of system.
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The paradox is now fully established that the utmost abstractions are the true weapons with which to control our thought of concrete fact.
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Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
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From the very beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery.
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The power of Christianity lies in its revelation in act, of that which Plato divined in theory.
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Shakespeare wrote better poetry for not knowing too much Milton, I think, knew too much finally for the good of his poetry.
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Seek simplicity, and distrust it.
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As society is now constituted, a literal adherence to the moral precepts scattered throughout the Gospels would mean sudden death.
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The consequences of a plethora of half-digested theoretical knowledge are deplorable.
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The difference between ancients and moderns is that the ancients asked what have we experienced, and moderns asked what can we experience.
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The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanation of complex facts. We are apt to fall into the error of thinking that the facts are simple because simplicity is the goal of our quest. The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be ``Seek simplicity and distrust it.''
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