Alfred North Whitehead Quote

For, whereas you can make a replica of an ancient statue, there is no possible replica of an ancient state of mind. There can be no nearer approximation [of one] than that which a masquerade bears to real life.


Science and the Modern World, Chapter IX (p. 200), The Macmillan Company. 1929


For, whereas you can make a replica of an ancient statue, there is no possible replica of an ancient state of mind. There can be no nearer...

For, whereas you can make a replica of an ancient statue, there is no possible replica of an ancient state of mind. There can be no nearer...

For, whereas you can make a replica of an ancient statue, there is no possible replica of an ancient state of mind. There can be no nearer...

For, whereas you can make a replica of an ancient statue, there is no possible replica of an ancient state of mind. There can be no nearer...