The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
KARL POPPERTheology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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If our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.
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We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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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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“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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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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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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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Great men may make great mistakes.
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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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In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
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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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