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We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.

Karl Popper

It is complete nihilism to propose laying down arms in a world where atom bombs are around. It is very simple: there is no way of achieving peace other than with weapons.
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Achieve Peace Simplicity Weapon World
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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Argument Progress Victory Win
No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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Argument Man Philosophy Science
We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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Fate Ourselves Philosophy Success
The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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End Game One Liner Principle Science
Theories are nets cast to catch what we call ‘the world’: to rationalize, to explain, and to master it. We endeavor to make the mesh ever finer and finer.
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Fine Perfection Theory World
We all have an unscientific weakness for being always in the right, and this weakness seems to be particularly common among professional and amateur politicians.
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Politics Right Science Weakness
All life is problem-solving.
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Life One Liner Philosophy
It is not the consciousness of man that determines his existence – rather, it is his social existence that determines his consciousness.
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Existence Man Philosophy Spiritual
Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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Faith One Liner Thinking
What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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Deep Moral Need Politics
The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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Future History Necessary Ourselves
A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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One Liner Philosophy Theory
Great men may make great mistakes.
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Greatness Men Mistake One Liner
The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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Abandonment God Himself Place Spiritual Theory
Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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Deep Knowledge Necessary Philosophy

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