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Alfred North Whitehead on Exploration

Alfred North Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead

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The death of religion comes with the repression of the high hope of adventure.

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“Alfred North Whitehead on Religion,” Science and the Modern World: Lowell Lectures, 1925

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The power of God is the worship He inspires… The worship of God is not a rule of safety—it is an adventure of the spirit, a flight after the unattainable. The death of religion comes with the repression of the high hope of adventure.