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The Open Society and Its Enemies (Routledge Classics)

Karl Popper

‘If in this book harsh words are spoken about some of the greatest among the intellectual leaders of mankind, my motive is not, I hope, to belittle them. It springs rather from my conviction that, if our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.’

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Freakonomics Radio

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Freakonomics Radio

It discussed how liberal societies could potentially slide into totalitarianism if they weren't careful.

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Several important books above all, Cal Poppers, The Open Society and Its Enemies.

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It discussed how liberal societies could potentially slide into totalitarianism if they weren't careful.

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Several important books above all, Cal Poppers, The Open Society and Its Enemies.

Behind the Bastards

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Behind the Bastards

The book is a critique of totalitarianism and focuses on the ideas of Plato and Marx. Soros said the book struck him with the force of revelation and helped to form his own ideology of open society.

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I have lived through Nazi persecution and Soviet occupation, Soros later said. Popper's book is Karl Popper. Open Society and its enemies struck me with the force of revelation.

— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 85

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 85

The book is a critique of totalitarianism and focuses on the ideas of Plato and Marx. Soros said the book struck him with the force of revelation and helped to form his own ideology of open society.

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I have lived through Nazi persecution and Soviet occupation, Soros later said. Popper's book is Karl Popper. Open Society and its enemies struck me with the force of revelation.

It showed that fascism and communism have a lot in common, that they both stand in opposition to a different principle of social organization. The principle of open society.

Open Society and its Enemies struck me with the force of revelation.

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Stay Tuned with Preet

It was mentioned as a book by a philosopher of science, where George Will borrows the concept of an 'open society' from.

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to embrace the openness of the open society, to use the phrase from Karl Popper, the great philosopher of science who wrote the book The Open Society and Its Enemies,

— Episode: Epstein's Lawyers & Leaving the GOP (wit...

Episode: Epstein's Lawyers & Leaving the GOP (with George W...

It was mentioned as a book by a philosopher of science, where George Will borrows the concept of an 'open society' from.

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to embrace the openness of the open society, to use the phrase from Karl Popper, the great philosopher of science who wrote the book The Open Society and Its Enemies,

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