It is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true…But of course a true proposition is more apt to be interesting than a false one.

Alfred North Whitehead

Adventures of Ideas

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Topic

Ideas

Author

Alfred North Whitehead

Source

Adventures of Ideas

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Mathematician Philosopher

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. Adventures of Ideas. The Macmillan Company/Simon and Schuster, 1933, ch. 16, sec. 3.

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Paul Joseph Goebbels
Medium
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Language
German
Time
1932 1930s 20th century
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Citation

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