Accordingly memory is a disengagement of the mind from the mere passage of nature; for what has passed for nature has not passed for mind.
Alfred North Whitehead
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Concept of Nature (1920); Exact wording and attribution checked. Memory makes the past present to the mind without reversing physical succession.
- The Concept of Nature (1920)
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