Famous Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

  • The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things. – Alfred North Whitehead

    The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things.– Alfred North Whitehead

  • We think in generalities, but we live in detail. To make the past live, we must perceive it in detail in addition to thinking of it in generalities. – Alfred North Whitehead

    We think in generalities, but we live in detail. To make the past live, we must perceive it in detail in addition to thinking of it in generalities.– Alfred North Whitehead

  • Religion is what an individual does with his solitariness. – Alfred North Whitehead

    Religion is what an individual does with his solitariness.– Alfred North Whitehead

  • Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. – Alfred North Whitehead

    Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.– Alfred North Whitehead

  • Science is a river with two sources, the practical source and the theoretical source. – Alfred North Whitehead

    Science is a river with two sources, the practical source and the theoretical source.– Alfred North Whitehead