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In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.

Alfred North Whitehead

Real, Knowledge, Science

Alfred North Whitehead (1997). “Science and the Modern World”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.

Alfred North Whitehead

Plato, Philosophical, Knowledge

Process and Reality pt. 2, ch. 1 (1929)

In a sense, knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows: for details are swallowed up in principles.

Alfred North Whitehead

Knowledge, Principles, Details

Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

No man of science wants merely to know. He acquires knowledge to appease his passion for discovery. He does not discover in order to know, he knows in order to discover.

Alfred North Whitehead

Passion, Knowledge, Science

Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.48, Simon and Schuster