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In order to acquire learning, we must first shake ourselves free of it.

In order to acquire learning, we must first shake ourselves free of it.

Alfred North Whitehead

Learning, Order, Firsts

Alfred North Whitehead (1968). “Modes of Thought”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

Learning preserves the errors of the past as well as its wisdom.

Alfred North Whitehead

Learning, Past, Errors

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

There is a technique, a knack, for thinking, just as there is for doing other things. You are not wholly at the mercy of your thoughts, any more than they are you. They are a machine you can learn to operate.

Alfred North Whitehead

Learning, Thinking, Technique

It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.

Alfred North Whitehead

Learning, Science, Mind

1925 Science and the Modern World.

By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and in effect increases the mental power of the race.

Alfred North Whitehead

Learning, Race, Brain

Alfred North Whitehead (1958). “An Introduction to Mathematics”, p.39, New York : Oxford University Press, 1958 [c1948]