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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.

Karl Popper

If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
KARL POPPER

Quiet Science Simplicity Yourself
“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
KARL POPPER

Believe Important Philosophy Truth
The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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Future History Necessary Ourselves
In 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.
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Crime Duty Moral Myself Philosophy Simplicity Sin
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
I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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Law Myself
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Greatness Home Man Philosophy Soul Spiritual Wisdom World
The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
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Easy Hard Lost Philosophy Simplicity Truth
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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Help Man Nature Ourselves
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
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
The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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End Game One Liner Principle Science
If our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.
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Break Greatness Men Ourselves Survive
We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.
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Freedom Philosophy Reason Security
If 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.
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Deep Destroy Oppression Philosophy Prepare Tolerance
And 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.
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Philosophy Respect Search Truth

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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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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