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Maxioms by Alfred North Whitehead

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We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

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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

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But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our read more

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.

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Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

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Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.

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