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I may be wrong and you may be right, and by an effort, we may get nearer to the truth

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Karl Popper
Age: 92 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 28
Died: 1994
Died: September 17
Philosopher
Philosopher Of Science
Sociologist
University Teacher
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Karl Raimund Popper Sir
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Sir Popper
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Rationalism
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It is part of my thesis that all our knowledge grows only through the correcting of our mistakes.
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Criticism of my alleged views was widespread and highly successful. I have yet to meet a criticism of my views.
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No particular theory may ever be regarded as absolutely certain.... No scientific theory is sacrosanct.
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I remained a socialist for several years, even after my rejection of Marxism and if there could be such a thing as socialism combined with individual liberty, I would be a socialist still. For nothing could be better than living a modest, simple, and free life in an egalitarian society.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
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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.
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The influence (for good or ill) of Plato's work is immeasurable. Western thought, one might say, has been Platonic or anti-Platonic, but hardly ever non-Platonic.
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What really makes science grow is new ideas, including false ideas.
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I have spoken to Einstein and he admitted to me that his theory was in fact no different from the one of Parmenides.
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It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical quest for truth.
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I see now more clearly than ever before that even our greatest troubles spring from something that is [as] admirable and sound as it is dangerous – from our impatience to better the lot of our fellows.
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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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The old scientific ideal of episteme - of absolutely certain, demonstrable knowledge - has proved to be an idol. The demand for scientific objectivity makes it inevitable that every scientific statement must remain tentative for ever.
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Whenever we propose a solution to a problem, we ought to try as hard as we can to overthrow our solution, rather than defend it.
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If you can't say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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. . . it seems to me certain that more people are killed out of righteous stupidity than out of wickedness.
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While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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The survival value of intelligence is that it allows us to extinct a bad idea, before the idea extincts us.
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