The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

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Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

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,...

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...

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top.

When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top.

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...

Every philosophy is tinged with the coloring of some secret imaginative background, which never emerges...

Every philosophy is tinged with the coloring of some secret imaginative background, which never emerges...

Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized.

Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized.

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.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of...

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of...

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to...

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to...

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...

The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about...

The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about...

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

Many a man has cherished for years as his hobby some vague shadow of an...

Many a man has cherished for years as his hobby some vague shadow of an...