I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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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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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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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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Instead of the greatest happiness for the greatest number, one should demand, more modestly, the least amount of avoidable suffering for all.
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In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.
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Great men may make great mistakes.
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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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I hold that he who teaches that not reason but love should rule opens up the way for those who rule by hate.
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We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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