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1、TheOpenSocietyAndItsEnemiesComplete:VolumesIandIIKarlR.Popper1962Fifthedition(revised)1966ISBN0-691-01968-1,0-691-01972-XScanner’snote:Thetexthasbeenspell-checkedandcheckedforconsistencyinvariousways,butithasnotbeenproofread.Bythesameauthor:TheLogicOfScientificDiscoveryThePovertyOfHis
2、toricismConjecturesAndRefutationsItwillbeseen...thattheErewhoniansareameekandlong-sufferingpeople,easilyledbythenose,andquicktoofferupcommonsenseattheshrineoflogic,whenaphilosopherarisesamongthemwhocarriesthemaway...byconvincingthemthattheirexistinginstitutionsarenotbasedonthestrictes
3、tprinciplesofmorality.—SAMUELBUTLER.InmycourseIhaveknownand,accordingtomymeasure,haveco-operatedwithgreatmen;andIhaveneveryetseenanyplanwhichhasnotbeenmendedbytheobservationsofthosewhoweremuchinferiorinunderstandingtothepersonwhotooktheleadinthebusiness.—EDMUNDBURKE.PrefaceToTheFirstE
4、ditionIfinthisbookharshwordsarespokenaboutsomeofthegreatestamongtheintellectualleadersofmankind,mymotiveisnot,Ihope,thewishtobelittlethem.Itspringsratherfrommyconvictionthat,ifourcivilizationistosurvive,wemustbreakwiththehabitofdeferencetogreatmen.Greatmenmaymakegreatmistakes;andasthe
5、booktriestoshow,someofthegreatestleadersofthepastsupportedtheperennialattackonfreedomandreason.Theirinfluence,toorarelychallenged,continuestomisleadthoseonwhosedefencecivilizationdepends,andtodividethem.Theresponsibilityforthistragicandpossiblyfataldivisionbecomesoursifwehesitatetobeo
6、utspokeninourcriticismofwhatadmittedlyisapartofourintellectualheritage.Byourreluctancetocriticizesomeofit,wemayhelptodestroyitall.Thebookisacriticalintroductiontothephilosophyofpoliticsandofhistory,andanexaminationofsomeoftheprinciplesofsocialreconstruction.Itsaimandthelineofapproacha
7、reindicatedintheIntroduction.Evenwhereitlooksbackintothepast,itsproblemsaretheproblemsofourowntime;andIhavetriedhardtostatethemassimplyasIcould,inthehopeofclarifyingmatterswhichconcernusall.Althoughthebookpresupposesnothingbutopen-mindednessinthereader,itsobjectisnotsomuchtopopularize
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