The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
KARL POPPERThe conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
KARL POPPERThe simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
KARL POPPERHe who decides one day that scientific statements do not call for any further test and that they can be regarded as finally verified retires from the game.
KARL POPPERIn my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a crime.
KARL POPPERThe way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
KARL POPPERWe may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
KARL POPPERThe method of learning by trial and error – of learning from our mistakes – seems to be fundamentally the same whether it is practiced by lower or by higher animals, by chimpanzees, or by men of science.
KARL POPPERIf we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.
KARL POPPERIt is not the consciousness of man that determines his existence – rather, it is his social existence that determines his consciousness.
KARL POPPERIn philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
KARL POPPERScience may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
KARL POPPERAlways remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.
KARL POPPERAll life is problem-solving.
KARL POPPERAnd it implies that if we respect truth, we must search for it by persistently searching for our errors: by indefatigable rational criticism, and self-criticism.
KARL POPPERTheology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
KARL POPPER“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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