Alfred North Whitehead nejznámější citáty
Zdroj: The Adventures of Ideas, kap. 19.
Alfred North Whitehead citáty a výroky
Process and Reality, II.1.1.
1926 The Concept of Nature
„Náboženství je loajalita ke světu.“
Religion in the Making, kap. II.
„Hledejte jednoduchost a nedůvěřujte jí.“
Kontext: Cílem vědy je hledat nejjednodušší vysvětlení složitých faktů. Mýlíme se, když si myslíme, že fakta jsou jednoduchá, protože jednoduchost je cílem našeho hledání. Vedoucím heslem v životě každého přírodního filozofa by mělo být: „Hledejte jednoduchost a nedůvěřujte jí.“
Zdroj: [Barrow, John D., Jan Novotný, Teorie všeho, Mladá fronta, Praha, 1999, 214, 82-204-0602-6]
Zdroj: An Introduction to Mathematics, kap. 5.
Zdroj: 1929 The Aims of Education
„Asi nejhlouběji lze definovat mládí jako život ještě nedotčený tragédií.“
Zdroj: Adventures of Ideas, kap. 20.
Alfred North Whitehead: Citáty anglicky
Zdroj: 1930s, Adventures of Ideas (1933), p. 360.
1920s, Science and the Modern World (1925)
“…The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit…”
Zdroj: 1920s, Science and the Modern World (1925), Ch. 2: "Mathematics as an Element in the History of Thought"
Zdroj: 1920s, Science and the Modern World (1925), Ch. 1: "The Origins of Modern Science"
Zdroj: 1930s, Adventures of Ideas (1933), p. 353.
“The consequences of a plethora of half-digested theoretical knowledge are deplorable.”
1920s, The Aims of Education (1929)
Zdroj: 1910s, An Introduction to Mathematics (1911), ch. 5.
“The chief error in philosophy is overstatement.”
Pt. I, ch. 1, sec. 1.
1920s, Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (1929)
Zdroj: Attributed from posthumous publications, Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead (1954), Ch. 28, June 3, 1943.
Zdroj: 1920s, Science and the Modern World (1925), Ch. 12: Religion and Science.
Religion in the Making (February 1926), Lecture II: "Religion and Dogma".
1920s
Religion in the Making (February 1926), Lecture II: "Religion and Dogma" http://www.mountainman.com.au/whiteh_2.htm.
1920s
Preface, p. 16 (Corrected Edition)
1920s, Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (1929)
1920s, The Aims of Education (1929)
Pt. III, ch. 1, sec. 7.
1920s, Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (1929)
As quoted in Church and Home, Vol. 1 (1964) by United Methodist Church, and Evangelical United Brethren Church, p. 21.
Attributed from posthumous publications
Zdroj: Attributed from posthumous publications, Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead (1954), Ch. 21, June 28, 1941.
1920s, Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (1929)
Symbolism: Its Meaning and Effect (1927).
1920s
Zdroj: 1920s, Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (1929), Chapter IV, p. 310 https://books.google.com/books?id=uJDEx6rPu1QC&pg=PA310.
Zdroj: 1910s, An Introduction to Mathematics (1911), ch. 15.