Alfred N. Whitehead

Answer the following prompt in a paragraph of 3-5 sentences:

Alfred North Whitehead describes a process of abstraction that takes place in early Greek formulations of mathematics and metaphysics.

1. What is the process of abstraction according to Whitehead?
2. How do we find this process carried out by the Pythagoreans?
3. In this process of abstraction what is the relationship between abstract universal principles and concrete particulars?