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Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Alfred North Whitehead

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Alfred North Whitehead
Age: 86 †
Born: 1861
Born: February 15
Died: 1947
Died: December 30
Mathematician
Philosopher
Physicist
Theologian
Writer
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In a sense, knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows: for details are swallowed up in principles.
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Nature gets credit which should in truth be reserved for ourselves: the rose for its scent, the nightingale for its song and the sun for its radiance. The poets are entirely mistaken. They should address their lyrics to themselves and should turn them into odes of self congratulation on the excellence of the human mind.
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Rightness of limitation is essential for growth of reality.
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Everyone is a philosopher. Not everyone is good at it.
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