But to come very near to a true theory, and to grasp its precise application, are two very different things, as the history of science teaches us. Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.


The Organisation of Thought (1917)

Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

But to come very near to a true theory, and to grasp its precise application, are two very different things, as the history of science teaches us....

But to come very near to a true theory, and to grasp its precise application, are two very different things, as the history of science teaches us....

But to come very near to a true theory, and to grasp its precise application, are two very different things, as the history of science teaches us....

But to come very near to a true theory, and to grasp its precise application, are two very different things, as the history of science teaches us....