Religion is an ultimate craving to infuse into the insistent particularity of emotion that non-temporal generality which primarily belongs to conceptual thought alone. (Alfred North Whitehead)

Religion is an ultimate craving to infuse into the insistent particularity of emotion that non-temporal generality which primarily belongs to conceptual thought alone.

Alfred North Whitehead

Related topics

craving emotion generality infuse particularity religion thought ultimate

Related quotes

To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in. View quote
Henry Miller
When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium. View quote
Hans Hofmann
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought. View quote
Karl Jaspers
The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion. View quote
Hermann Hesse
This is all the inheritance I can give to my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed. View quote
Patrick Henry