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The Wit and Wisdom of Whitehead

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

A. H. Johnson*
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Extract

There is a story, perhaps apocryphal, concerning a visit made by Alfred North Whitehead to the University of Virginia. He drove from the station to the campus in a horse drawn vehicle under the guidance of a garrulous “darkie”. Said the driver, “Are you a traveller?” “Yes”, replied Whitehead. … long silence …. “What do you sell?”. “Wit and wisdom”, replied Whitehead. … long silence. … At the end of the drive the darkie remarked, “I've never seen a traveller before who wouldn't show me some of his goods.”

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association 1946

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References

Notes

1 Christendom, Autumn, 1943, p. 543.

2 In the interests of clarity the meanings of all symbols used to indicate sources are listed herewith: Phil. Rev.—The Philosophical Review, Vol. XLVI.; M.T.— Modes of Thought, The Macmillan Co., New York, 1938; S.M.W.—Science and the Modern World, The Macmillan Co., New York, 1929; A.I.—Adventures of Ideas, Cambridge University Press, 1933; P.R.—Process and Reality, The Macmillan Co., New York, 1929; Princ. Rel.—The Principle of Relativity, Cambridge University Press, 1922; C.N.—The Concept of Nature, Cambridge University Press, 1926; P.N.K.—The Principles of Natural Knowledge, Cambridge University Press, 1925; Harvard—Harvard: The Future, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 158; A.E.—The Aims of Education, The Macmillan Co. 1929; F.R.—The Function of Reason, Princeton University Press, 1929; Intro. Math.—An Introduction to Mathematics, Williams and Norgate, London, 1911; Phil. Dewey—The Philosophy of John Dewey (P. A. Schilpp, Ed.); Symb.—Symbolism Its Meaning and Effect, The Macmillan Co., New York, 1929; Auto.—Autobiographical Notes, The Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, (P.A. Schilpp, Ed.); R.M.—Religion in the Making, The Macmillan Co., New York, 1926; Imm.—Immortality, The Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, (P.A. Schilpp, Ed.); Math and Good—Mathematics and The Good, The Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, (P.A. Schilpp, Ed.).