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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
Karl Popper
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Karl Popper
Age: 92 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 28
Died: 1994
Died: September 17
Philosopher
Philosopher Of Science
Sociologist
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Vienna
Austria
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