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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.

Karl Popper

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 quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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Abandonment Mystery Philosophy
I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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Law Myself
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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Independent Mindset Science
What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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Deep Moral Need Politics
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
“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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Believe Important Philosophy Truth
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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Crime Duty Moral Myself Philosophy Simplicity Sin
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
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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Argument Progress Victory Win
The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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Future History Necessary Ourselves
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
A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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One Liner Philosophy Theory
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

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