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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.

Karl Popper

No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
KARL POPPER

Argument Man Philosophy Science
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
If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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Quiet Science Simplicity Yourself
All life is problem-solving.
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Life One Liner Philosophy
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
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
Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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Himself Privilege Responsibility Special Study
The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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Abandonment Mystery Philosophy
Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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Art Science Simplicity
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
Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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Faith One Liner Thinking
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
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Nature Promise
What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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Deep Moral Need Politics
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 essential feature of dualist-interactionism is that the mind and brain are independent entities and that they interact by quantum physics.
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Independent Mindset Science

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