We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
KARL POPPERInstead 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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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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Great men may make great mistakes.
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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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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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The most we can say of democracy or freedom is that they give our personal abilities a little more influence on our well-being.
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True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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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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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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History has no meaning.
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Theories are nets cast to catch what we call ‘the world’: to rationalize, to explain, and to master it. We endeavor to make the mesh ever finer and finer.
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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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Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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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 wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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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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While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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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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What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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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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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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