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In science, nothing is certain: neither general assertions nor observational assertions. (p. 7)

— Dario Antiseri

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The continuous proposal of alternatives and relentless criticism are the two pillars on which all scientific research is based.

Supreme values are the subject of conscious choices: they are neither “proven” theorems nor “self-evident” and “self-founding” axioms.

Popper developed what is today the most rigorous, articulate and devastating critique of Marxism.

Living is learning. Science evolves in a Darwinian way: through trial and error.

Europe is its history. “And this history is not the history of an idea that allows only one tradition, but the history of a tradition that allows the most diverse and daring ideas”.

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