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Karl Popper
(1902-1994) born on Jul 28
Austrian-British philosopher. "His writings include "The Open Society and its Enemies," 1945 and "Poverty of Historicism," 1957."
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F
Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite."

R
"Our civilization...has not yet fully recovered from the shock of its birth - the transition from the tribal or 'closed society', with its submission to magical forces, to the 'open society' which sets free the critical powers of man."
A
Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
N
Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
K
"Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths."
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Conjectures and Refutations.""
R: "The Open Society and Its Enemies.""
A: "In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
N: "Remark, Aug 1982"
K: "British Philosophy in the Mid-Century," (ed. C. A. Mace)"
   



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