[^11] Evangelista Torricelli is the inventor of Gabriel's...

[^11] Evangelista Torricelli is the inventor of Gabriel's Horn figure which has infinite surface area, but finite volume. The name refers to the Archangel Gabriel who blows the horn to announce Judgment Day. In the story, it is the metaphorical connection between the finite and the infinite worlds. [^12] A. N.

Whitehead claims “language is thought, and that thought is language,” (1938b) and it is the first step to achieve in the precision stage of a child’s cyclic growth after the initial romance period. Ali’s interest to build an infinitely large daisy chain was the first step in his romance period, where his interests were shaped.

At this stage, Ali is about to enter the first precision stage, and he needs to know the perfect method to communicate with the elements of the World of Heavens in order to reach the stage of generalization. Such a language doesn’t exist in the temporal world, but the ripples of his words with this perfect language will help him reach the final stage. [^13] (Whitehead, 1985, p. 346). [^14] This “…is a rhyme which fits onto the tradition respecting Dr.

Whewell, who was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, about eighty years ago. The rhyme is well-known, and runs thus: I am Master of this College; And what I know not, is not knowledge. This attitude is always prevalent in the learned world. It sterilizes imaginative thought, and thereby blocks progress” (Whitehead, 1938c, p.59). By providing this example, Whitehead opposes the God-role played by the teachers, who see themselves as the owner of eternal knowledge. According to A. N.

Whitehead, it is not possible for a teacher to know everything that is necessary for pupils. Students need to learn not only specialized knowledge of the teacher, but also how it is connected to life and all other subjects. A. N. Whitehead’s (1929, p.4) definition of education is, “…the acquisition of the art of the utilization of knowledge”. As his definition suggests, the role of the teacher is to teach how to learn this art.

[^15] As this is not the real world, no such teacher exists in the temporal world. I am in no way implying that the teachers should play the role of God as the source of knowledge. I assume the sarcasm in these sentences is clear, as it targets those teachers who are very much fond of such a role. [^16] (Whitehead, 1938c, p. 60) [^17] A. N. Whitehead (1929) claims, “[the] present contains all that there is. It is the holy ground; for it is the past, and it is the future”.