Alfred North Whitehead Quote

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.


Science and the Modern World (1925)


We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.