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Quotation from Science and the Modern World by Alfred North Whitehead

“Wisdom is the fruit of a balanced development”

Alfred North Whitehead

Science and the Modern World, Ch. XIII, Requisites for Social Progress (Macmillan, New York, 1925 (Project Gutenberg #68611))

Whitehead's statement of what education should aim at, set against the narrowing effect of specialisation.

Citation: "Wisdom is the fruit of a balanced development" — Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World, Ch. XIII, Requisites for Social Progress (Macmillan, New York, 1925 (Project Gutenberg #68611)). (id whitehead-science-and-the-modern-world-q12)

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