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Quote by Karl Popper on Knowledge, Modesty, and Critical Thinking

„We do not know anything - this is the first. Therefore, we should be very modest - this is the second. Not to claim that we do know when we do not - this is the third. That's the kind of attitude I'd like to popularize. There is little hope for success.“

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

This quote by Karl Popper emphasizes the importance of modesty and recognition of one’s own ignorance as the basis of critical thinking.


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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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