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 POPPERScience is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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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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Great men may make great mistakes.
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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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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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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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A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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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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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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The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
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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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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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