Great Philosophers: Popper
Karl Popper 1902-1994
The political history of the twentieth century has been full of savage ''certainties''. A similar idea of history warranted the callous savageries of both Marxism and Fascism. They shared a faith in what Karl Popper called ''Historicism'': the belief that the future could be predicted and that man had to align himself with its bloody progress.
Totalitarianism, Popper maintained...
Karl Popper 1902-1994
The political history of the twentieth century has been full of savage ''certainties''. A similar idea of history warranted the callous savageries of both Marxism and Fascism. They shared a faith in what Karl Popper called ''Historicism'': the belief that the future could be predicted and that man had to align himself with its bloody progress.
Totalitarianism, Popper maintained...
