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It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.
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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Nature, even in the act of satisfying anticipation, often provides a surprise.
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Learning preserves the errors of the past as well as its wisdom.
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Error is the price we pay for progress.
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Philosophy is the product of wonder.
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Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.
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Art heightens the sense of humanity. It gives an elation to feeling which is supernatural...A million sunsets will not spur us on towards civilization. It requires Art to evoke into consciousness the finite perfections which lie ready for human achievement.
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Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts. It is a way of illuminating the facts.
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Whenever a text-book is written of real educational worth, you may be quite certain that some reviewer will say that it will be difficult to teach from it. Of course it will be difficult to teach from it. It it were easy, the book ought to be burned.
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Some of the finest moral intuitions come to quite humble people. The visiting of lofty ideas doesn't depend on formal schooling.
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