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Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.

Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.

Alfred North Whitehead
Progress, Evolution, Language
Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Adventures of Ideas”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

Alfred North Whitehead
Speech, Language, Human Nature
Alfred North Whitehead (1968). “Modes of Thought”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.

Alfred North Whitehead
Language, Spoken Language, Series
Alfred North Whitehead (2010). “Process and Reality”, p.264, Simon and Schuster

Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language.

Alfred North Whitehead
Math, Ordinary, Language
Alfred North Whitehead (2014). “Science and Philosophy”, p.70, Open Road Media

Learning preserves the errors of the past, as well as its wisdom. For this reason, dictionaries are public dangers, although they are necessities.

Alfred North Whitehead
Past, Errors, Language
Alfred North Whitehead (2014). “Science and Philosophy”, p.57, Open Road Media

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