Ocupation: Mathematician
Life: February 15, 1861 - December 30, 1947
Birthday: February 15
Death: December 30
Vigorous societies harbor a certain extravagance of objectives, so that men wander beyond the safe provision of personal gratifications.
source: Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Adventures of Ideas”, p.288, Simon and Schuster
topic: Men, Extravagance, Safe, Civilised Society, Civilised