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The Function of Reason

Originally published 1929

Cover of The Function of Reason by Alfred North Whitehead

By Alfred North Whitehead. “The function of reason is to promote the art of life.”

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About the author

Alfred North Whitehead was an English mathematician and philosopher. He co-authored Principia Mathematica with Bertrand Russell, and then, later in his career, worked on the philosophy of science, the philosophy of education, and metaphysics. He wrote Science and the Modern World, Religion in the Making, The Aims of Education, Adventures of Ideas, and more.