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  • I do not overlook the fact that there are irrationalists who love mankind, and that not all forms of irrationalism engender criminality. But I hold that he who teaches that not reason but love should rule opens up the way for those who rule by hate. (Socrates, I believe, saw something of this when he suggested that mistrust or hatred of argument is related to mistrust or hatred of man).

    "The Open Society and Its Enemies". Book by Karl Popper. Volume 2, Chapter 24: "Oracular Philosophy and the Revolt against Reason", 1945.
  • There 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.

    The Open Society and its Enemies (1945) vol. 2, ch. 25
  • There is no history of mankind, there is only an indefinite number of histories of all kinds of aspects of human life.

    Karl Popper (2005). “The Open Society and Its Enemies: Hegel and Marx”, p.299, Routledge
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Karl Popper

  • Born: July 28, 1902
  • Died: September 17, 1994
  • Occupation: Philosopher