Alfred North Whitehead Quotes


If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.


Citations

Whitehead, Alfred North. Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead. Recorded by Lucien Price, Little, Brown and Company, 1954.

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Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead
  • Born: February 15, 1861
  • Died: December 30, 1947
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Mathematician

Alfred North Whitehead OM FRS FBA was an English mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy, which today has found application to a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology, among other areas.