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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

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 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
“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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Believe Important Philosophy Truth
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 most we can say of democracy or freedom is that they give our personal abilities a little more influence on our well-being.
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Ability Democracy Freedom
Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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Art Science Simplicity
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
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
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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Knowledge Philosophy True
Great men may make great mistakes.
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Greatness Men Mistake One Liner
While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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Deep Difference Equality Ourselves Philosophy
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
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Philosophy
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
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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Believe Choice Freedom Lost Philosophy Prepare Thinking Victory Wrong
The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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Evidence Science Theory Way

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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