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Dogmatism is the anti-Christ of learning.
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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Our reasonings grasp at straws for premises and float on gossamers for deductions.
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There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays to the devil.
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It does not matter what men say in words, so long as their activities are controlled by settled instincts. The words may ultimately destroy the instincts but until this has occurred, words do not count.
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