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A free society is a society in which all traditions have equal rights and equal access to the centers of power.
Science in a Free Society (1978)
In a war a totalitarian state has a free hand.
Science in a Free Society (1978)
Rational discourse is only one way of presenting and examining an issue and by no means the best. Our new intellectuals are not aware of its limitations and of the nature of the things outside.
Science in a Free Society (1978)
The validity of usefulness, adequacy of popular standards can be tested only by research that violates them.
Science in a Free Society (1978)
I do not see why I should be polite to tyrants, who slobber of humanitarianism and think only of their own petty interests.
Science in a Free Society (1978)
Traditions are neither good nor bad, they simply are... Rationality is not an arbiter of traditions, it is itself a tradition or an aspect of a tradition.
Science in a Free Society (1978)
Mathematical Reasoning is not only exact; it has its own criteria of reality
Science in a Free Society (1978)
One knows quite well that harmony can be a harmony of appearances
Science in a Free Society (1978)
Every profession has an ideology and a drive for power that goes far beyond its achievements and it is the task of democracy to keep this ideology and this drive under control. Science is here no different from other institutions.
Science in a Free Society (1978)
A scientist, an artist, a citizen is not like a child who needs papa methodology and mama rationality to give him security and direction, he can take care of himself, for he is the inventor not only of laws, theories, pictures, plays, forms of music, ways of dealing with his fellow man, institutions, but also entire world view, he is the inventor of entire forms of like.
Science in a Free Society (1978)
Language became a colorless and as indistinct as the business suit which is now worm by everyone, by the scholar, by the businessman, by the professional killer. Being accustomed to a dry and dreary norm and sees in it an obvious sign of arrogance and aggression; viewing authority with almost religious awe he gets into a frenzy when he sees someone pluck the beard of his favorite prophet.
Science in a Free Society (1978)
The attitude of the Church was not as dogmatic as is often assumed. Interpretations of Bible passages had been revised in the light of scientific research before. Everyone regarded the earth as spherical and as freely floating in space though the Bible tells a different story.
Science in a Free Society (1978)
Experts have a vested interest in their own playpens, and so they will quite naturally argue that 'education' is impossible without them (can you imagine an Oxford philosopher, or an elementary particle physicist arguing himself out of good money?)
Science in a Free Society (1978)