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.
KARL POPPERThe 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.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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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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All life is problem-solving.
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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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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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Great men may make great mistakes.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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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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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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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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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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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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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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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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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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