Ocupation: Mathematician
Life: February 15, 1861 - December 30, 1947
Birthday: February 15
Death: December 30
Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude.
source: Alfred North Whitehead, Lucien Price (2001). “Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead”, p.160, David R. Godine Publisher
topic: Life, Math, Mind, Infinite Possibilities, Finitude