Karl Popper's Quotes
Born: 1902-07-28
Profession: Philosopher
Nation: Austrian
Biography of Karl Popper
It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
Tags: Cannot, Impossible, SpeakOur knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
Tags: Ignorance, Knowledge, WhileThose who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
Tags: Earth, Hell, PromiseNo rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
Tags: Argument, Attitude, EffectWhenever 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.
Tags: Nor, Possible, ProblemPiecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.
Tags: Beyond, Social, TechnologyIn 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.
Tags: Far, Reality, SpeakWe must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
Tags: Freedom, Plan, ReasonThere is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world.
Tags: History, Life, PowerWe have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
Tags: Become, Fate, Prophets