Maxioms by Alfred North Whitehead
Without adventure civilization is in full decay.
Without adventure civilization is in full decay.
There are no whole truths. All truths are half truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that read more
There are no whole truths. All truths are half truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.
We think in generalities, but we live in detail.
We think in generalities, but we live in detail.
The power of God is the worship He inspires. That religion is strong which in its ritual and its modes read more
The power of God is the worship He inspires. That religion is strong which in its ritual and its modes of thought evokes an apprehension of the commanding vision. The worship of God is not a rule of safety: it is an adventure of the spirit, a flight after the unattainable. The death of religion comes with the repression of the high hope of adventure.
Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, read more
Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude