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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.

Karl Popper

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
We all have an unscientific weakness for being always in the right, and this weakness seems to be particularly common among professional and amateur politicians.
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Politics Right Science Weakness
“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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Believe Important Philosophy Truth
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Beginning Science
History has no meaning.
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History One Liner
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Greatness Home Man Philosophy Soul Spiritual Wisdom World
No book can ever be finished. While working on it we learn just enough to find it immature the moment we turn away from it
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Book Deep Learning Moment
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
The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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Future History Necessary Ourselves
It is not the consciousness of man that determines his existence – rather, it is his social existence that determines his consciousness.
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Existence Man Philosophy Spiritual
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
All life is problem-solving.
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Life One Liner Philosophy
The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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End Game One Liner Principle Science
Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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Art Science Simplicity
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
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.
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Believe Choice Freedom Lost Philosophy Prepare Thinking Victory Wrong

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