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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.

Karl Popper

Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
KARL POPPER

Himself Privilege Responsibility Special Study
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
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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Knowledge Philosophy True
Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.
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Impossible Philosophy Remember Speak Yourself
Theories are nets cast to catch what we call ‘the world’: to rationalize, to explain, and to master it. We endeavor to make the mesh ever finer and finer.
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Fine Perfection Theory World
The 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.
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Animal Learning Man Mistakes Ourselves Science
All life is problem-solving.
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Life One Liner Philosophy
A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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One Liner Philosophy Theory
The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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End Game One Liner Principle Science
We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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Law Philosophy Theory
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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Avoid Demand Greatness Happiness Philosophy Prayer Suffering
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 future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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Future History Necessary Ourselves
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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Achieve Peace Simplicity Weapon World
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Beginning Science

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