It is the first step in sociological wisdom, to recognize that the major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the societies in … - Alfred North Whitehead

the major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur

It is the first step in sociological wisdom, to
recognize that the major advances in civilization
are processes which all but wreck the societies in
which they occur : — like unto an arrow in the
hand of a child.

the major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur

All science must start with some assumptions as to the ultimate analysis of the facts with which it deals. These assumptions are justified partly by their adherence to the types of occurrence of which we are directly conscious, and partly by their success in representing the observed facts with a certain generality, devoid of ad hoc suppositions.

Rightness of limitation is essential for growth of reality.

Unlimited possibility and abstract creativity can procure nothing. The limitation, and the basis arising from what is already actual, are both of them necessary and interconnected.