Alfred North Whitehead: There are no whole truths

Alfred North Whitehead was a British philosopher and mathematician.

This statement questions absolute truth and emphasizes the limitations of our knowledge.

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Alfred North Whitehead OM is known for his significant contributions to logic and philosophy. Between 1910 and 1913, he co-authored the three-volume work "Principia Mathematica" with Bertrand Russell, which became a foundational standard in formal logic.

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