Creative Quotations from Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Alfred North Whitehead
(1861-1947) born on Feb 15

English "mathematician, philosopher". "He made important contributions in math, logic and philosophy of science, e.g., "Science and the Modern World," 1925."

Common sense is genius in homespun.

It requires a very unusual mind to make an analysis of the obvious.

"Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new its custodians have fervour, live for it, and, if need be, die for it."

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

The defense of morals is the battle-cry which best rallies stupidity against change.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
R:	""Science and the Modern World.""
A:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
N:	"In "The Peter Pyramid," by Laurence J. Peter."
K:	""Adventures of Ideas," 1933."