The silly question is the first intimation of some totally new development.

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

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Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best,...

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best,...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the...

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the...

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you;...

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you;...

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness.

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness.

I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence...

I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence...

Knowledge keeps no better than fish

Knowledge keeps no better than fish

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them...

There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them...

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that,...

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that,...

Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the...

Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the...

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.

Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.