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In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.

Karl Popper

We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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Law Philosophy Theory
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Philosophy
Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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Deep Knowledge Necessary Philosophy
Great men may make great mistakes.
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Greatness Men Mistake One Liner
“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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Believe Important Philosophy Truth
He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call for any further test and that they can be regarded as finally verified retires from the game.
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Call Decision Game Himself Science
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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Knowledge Philosophy True
All life is problem-solving.
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Life One Liner 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
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
If 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.
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Deep Destroy Oppression Philosophy Prepare Tolerance
The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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End Game One Liner Principle Science
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
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
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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Argument Progress Victory Win
A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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One Liner Philosophy Theory

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