Wes Brown > Wes's Quotes

“Philosophy is a necessary activity because we, all of us, take a great number of things for granted, and many of these assumptions are of a philosophical character; we act on them in private life, in politics, in our work, and in every other sphere of our lives -- but while some of these assumptions are no doubt true, it is likely, that more are false and some are harmful. So the critical examination of our presuppositions -- which is a philosophical activity -- is morally as well as intellectually important.”
― Karl Popper

“Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.”
― Karl R. Popper

“While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.”
― Karl R. Popper

“The more we learn about the world, and the deeper our learning, the more conscious, specific, and articulate will be our knowledge of what we do not know; our knowledge of our ignorance. For this indeed, is the main source of our ignorance - the fact that our knowledge can be only finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.”
― Karl Popper

“All life is problem solving”
― Karl Popper

“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.”
― Karl R. Popper