The learned tradition is not self-supporting; it requires th... - Alfred North Whitehead

"The learned tradition is not self-supporting; it requires the unselfconscious activities of human beings."

Alfred North Whitehead History

Mathematician Philosopher British 1861–1947

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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous."

"No static thing endures; change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."