“There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.” ― Alfred North Whitehead
Discuss: "There is no idea so true it cannot be taken too far". (ie the world is complex, so even a broadly applicable principle is insufficient to give mostly right answers by itself). (Also, this seems like it should be an existing quote, but I couldn't find one.)
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Ooh, I love it! Basically the same sentiment. It seems like it should be a common maxim.
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Given our fallibility, we should always be looking for errors in our ideas and unintended consequences of our actions. The problem lies not with pursuing and applying truth too fervently, but in ignoring one’s inevitable errors too fervently.
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Or, better-phrased: Our folly lies not in our fervor for applying truth, but for ignoring error.
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Identity is interaction. Corralary: there is no thing in itself (contra Kant), only things and their interaction with other things. I would be interested in learning how this could be taken to far.
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Everything overshoots.
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A reason that temperance / moderation is one of the cardinal virtues!
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