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Nature is probably quite indifferent to the aesthetic preferences of mathematicians.
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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The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the operations of daily life. No one goes out to buy zero fish. It is in a way the most civilised of all the cardinals, and its use is only forced on us by the needs of cultivated modes of thought.
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Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.
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Intolerance is the besetting sin of moral fervour.
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The motive of success is not enough.
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Learning is often spoken of as if we are watching the open pages of all the books which we have ever read, and then, when occasion arises, we select the right page to read aloud to the universe.
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The only justification in the use of force is to reduce the amount of force necessary to be used.
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There is a tradition of opposition between adherents of induction and of deduction. In my view it would be just as sensible for the two ends of a worm to quarrel.
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