If our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.
KARL POPPERI would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
More Karl Popper Quotes
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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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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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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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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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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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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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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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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While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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