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> [If the world is an aggregate of relatively independent regions, then any assumption of universal laws is false and a demand for universal norms tyrannical: only brute force (or seductive deception) can then bend the different moralities so that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/if-the-world-is-an-aggregate-of-relatively-independent-regions-then/)

[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/)

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