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Reason
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The so-called paradox of freedom is the argument that freedom in the sense of absence of any constraining control must lead to very great restraint, since it makes the bully free to enslave the meek. The idea is, in a slightly different form, and with very different tendency, clearly expressed in Plato.
Less well known is the paradox of tolerance: Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not pre
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― The Open Society and Its Enemies
― The Open Society and Its Enemies
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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― Meditations
― Meditations
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