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Karl Popper Quotes

Karl Popper quotes

Austrian Philosopher July 28, 1902 – September 17, 1994

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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. Karl Popper
Karl Popper quote: "Science may be described as the art of systematic..."
Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification. Karl Popper
Karl Popper quote: "True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the..."
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it. Karl Popper
Karl Popper quote: "Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must..."
Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite. Karl Popper
Karl Popper quote: "While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in..."
While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal. Karl Popper
Karl Popper quote: "We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no..."
We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure. Karl Popper
A rationalist is simply someone for whom it is more important to learn than to be proved right; someone who is willing to learn from others - not by simply taking over another's opinions, but by gladly allowing others to criticize his ideas and by gladly criticizing the ideas of others Karl Popper
Karl Popper quote: "Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in..."
Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology. Karl Popper
We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being. The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong. Karl Popper
Karl Popper quote: "Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything..."
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell. Karl Popper
In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality. Karl Popper
Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society... then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them... We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. Karl Popper
Karl Popper quote: "Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths."
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths. Karl Popper
Karl Popper quote: "We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose..."
We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets. Karl Popper
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve. Karl Popper

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