The major advances in civilization are processes
that all but wreck the societies in which they occur.
-- Alfred North Whitehead
that all but wreck the societies in which they occur.
-- Alfred North Whitehead
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- The major advances in civilization are processes
that all but wreck the societies in which they occur.
A.N.... - Civilization advances by extending the number of important
operations which we can perform without thinking.
Alfred North... - It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy-books and
by eminent people when they are making speeches,
that we should cultivate the habit of thinking about... - Without adventure, civilization is in full decay.
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Alfred North... - Seek simplicity -- and distrust it.
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Alfred North... - The vigor of civilized societies is preserved by the widespread sense
that high aims are worth-while.
Vigorous societies harbor a certain extravagance of... - Education with inert ideas is not only useless;
it is above all things harmful.
Alfred North... - The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular
things in all literature.
Alfred North...
