Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
KARL POPPERI would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
More Karl Popper Quotes
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We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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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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What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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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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It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If we choose freedom, then we must be prepared to perish along with it.
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A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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We can all participate in the heritage of man. We all can help to preserve it. And we can all make our own modest contribution to it.
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