In the inescapable flux, there is something that abides; in… - Alfred North Whitehead

" "
In the inescapable flux, there is something that abides; in the overwhelming permanence, there is an element that escapes into flux. Permanence can be snatched only out of flux; and the passing moment can find its adequate intensity only by its submission to permanence.

Alfred North Whitehead

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Alfred North Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead, OM (15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947) 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.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Full Quote All quotes from Alfred North Whitehead Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Alfred North Whitehead:

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel William James John Dewey Henri Bergson Immanuel Kant

Additional quotes by Alfred North Whitehead

We do not require elaborate training merely in order to refrain from embarking upon intricate trains of inference. Such abstinence is only too easy.

The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.

In the inescapable flux, there is something that abides; in the overwhelming permanence, there is an element that escapes into flux. Permanence can b… - Alfred North Whitehead

About Alfred North Whitehead

Advanced Search Filters

Additional quotes by Alfred North Whitehead

Enhance Your Quote Experience