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title: "2 Advisable Quotes By Paul Feyerabend"
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> [Given any rule, however �fundamental� or �necessary� for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the rule, but to adopt its opposite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/given-any-rule-however-fundamental-or-necessary-for-science-there-are/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

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> [Given any rule, however "fundamental" or "necessary" for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the rule, but to adopt its opposite. For example, there are circumstances when it is advisable to introduce, elaborate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/given-any-rule-however-fundamental-or-necessary-for-science-there-are-2/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

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## More by Paul Feyerabend

> [Every profession has an ideology and a drive for power that goes far beyond its achievements and it is the task of democracy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/every-profession-has-an-ideology-and-a-drive-for-power-that-goes-far/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [Science is an essentially anarchic enterprise...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/science-is-an-essentially-anarchic-enterprise/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [One might get the impression that I recommend a new methodology which replaces induction by counterinduction and uses a multiplicity of theories, metaphysical views,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/one-might-get-the-impression-that-i-recommend-a-new-methodology-which/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [A Universal Good should reflect the reality of the individual benefits that are collected under its name, not the other way around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/a-universal-good-should-reflect-the-reality-of-the-individual/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [The sciences of today are business enterprises run on business principles. Research in large institutes is not guided by Truth and Reason but by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/the-sciences-of-today-are-business-enterprises-run-on-business/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [Experience arises together with theoretical assumptions not before them, and an experience without theory is just as incomprehensible as is (allegedly) a theory without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/experience-arises-together-with-theoretical-assumptions-not-before/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [Ultimate Reality, if such an entity can be postulated, is ineffable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/ultimate-reality-if-such-an-entity-can-be-postulated-is-ineffable/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [Today science prevails not because of its comparative merits, but because the show has been rigged in its favour... It reigns supreme because some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/today-science-prevails-not-because-of-its-comparative-merits-but/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [The only absolute truth is that there are no absolute truths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/the-only-absolute-truth-is-that-there-are-no-absolute-truths/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [Humane science must be adapted to the requirements of a balanced and rewarding life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/humane-science-must-be-adapted-to-the-requirements-of-a-balanced-and/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [Unanimity of opinion may be fitting for a church, for the frightened or greedy victims of some (ancient, or modern) myth, or for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/unanimity-of-opinion-may-be-fitting-for-a-church-for-the-frightened/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [Facts are constituted by older ideologies, and a clash between facts and theories may be proof of progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/facts-are-constituted-by-older-ideologies-and-a-clash-between-facts/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [No theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain, yet it is not always the theory that is to blame. Facts are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/no-theory-ever-agrees-with-all-the-facts-in-its-domain-yet-it-is-not/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [In a war a totalitarian state has a free hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/in-a-war-a-totalitarian-state-has-a-free-hand/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

> [A free society is a society in which all traditions have equal rights and equal access to the centers of power. A tradition receives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/a-free-society-is-a-society-in-which-all-traditions-have-equal-rights/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

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