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Quote About Ignorance and Knowledge – Karl Popper

„Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge but an active aversion to knowledge, the refusal to know, issuing from cowardice, pride, or laziness of mind.“

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Karl Popper was an Austrian-British philosopher and the founder of critical rationalism.

The quote views ignorance as a deliberate resistance to knowledge and encourages critical self-examination.


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Karl Popper quote about ignorance, knowledge, and the refusal to know

Sir Karl Raimund Popper (1902–1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher. Through his work in the philosophy of knowledge and science, as well as in social, historical, and political philosophy, he shaped critical rationalism. He also served as a professor of logic and scientific methods.

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