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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.

Karl Popper

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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Ability Democracy Freedom
The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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Evidence Science Theory Way
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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Freedom Philosophy Reason Security
“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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Politics Wrong
Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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Adventure Greatness Man Science Spiritual
No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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Argument Man Philosophy Science
Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.
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Impossible Philosophy Remember Speak Yourself
Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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Faith One Liner Thinking
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
History has no meaning.
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History One Liner
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Beginning Science
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
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Nature Promise
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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Fine Perfection Theory World
Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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Himself Privilege Responsibility Special Study
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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Argument Progress Victory Win

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