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A man of science doesn't discover in order to know, he wants to know in order to discover.
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 antithesis between a technical and a liberal education is fallacious. There can be no adequate technical education which is not liberal, and no liberal education which is not technical.
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The chief error in philosophy is overstatement.
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The motive of success is not enough.
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