--- title: "4 Paul Karl Feyerabend Quotes" description: "Paul Karl Feyerabend was an Austrian philosopher best known for his work in philosophy of science. He started his academic career as lecturer in philoso..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/paul-karl-feyerabend-68121_books_my-intention-is-not-to-replace-one-set-o_1058632.jpg" --- # Paul Karl Feyerabend **4** quotes in **15** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Paul Karl Feyerabend was an Austrian philosopher best known for his work in philosophy of science. He started his academic career as lecturer in philosophy of science at the University of Bristol (1955–1958); afterward, he moved to the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught for three de ## Quotes by Paul Karl Feyerabend > [“My intention is not to replace one set of general rules by another such set: my intention is, rather, to convince the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-karl-feyerabend/my-intention-is-not-to-replace-one-set-of-general-rules-by-another/) [Paul Karl Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-karl-feyerabend/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/paul-karl-feyerabend-68121_books_my-intention-is-not-to-replace-one-set-o_1058632.jpg) > [“We need a dream-world in order to discover the features of the real world we think we inhabit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-karl-feyerabend/we-need-a-dream-world-in-order-to-discover-the-features-of-the-real/) [Paul Karl Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-karl-feyerabend/) [Anarchism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c35/paul-karl-feyerabend-68121_anarchism_we-need-a-dream-world-in-order-to-discov_1496822.jpg) > [“Progress has always been achieved by probing well-entrenched and well-founded forms of life with unpopular and unfounded values. This is how man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-karl-feyerabend/progress-has-always-been-achieved-by-probing-well-entrenched-and-well/) [Paul Karl Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-karl-feyerabend/) [Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75d/paul-karl-feyerabend-68121_culture_progress-has-always-been-achieved-by-pro_2285410.jpg) > [“Somewhere among the commotion I grew rather depressed. The depression stayed with me for over a year; it was like an animal,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-karl-feyerabend/somewhere-among-the-commotion-i-grew-rather-depressed-the-depression/) [Paul Karl Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-karl-feyerabend/) [Depressed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/paul-karl-feyerabend-68121_depressed_somewhere-among-the-commotion-i-grew-rat_2363236.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-karl-feyerabend/#itemlist", "name": "Paul Karl Feyerabend Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My intention is not to replace one set of general rules by another such set: my intention is, rather, to convince the reader that all methodologies, even the most obvious ones, have their limits. 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I told them, “if you want to achieve something, if you want to write a book, paint a picture, be sure that the center of your existence if somewhere else and that it’s solidly grounded; only then will you be able to keep your cool and laugh at the attacks that are bound to come.\" I myself had followed this advice in the past, but now I was alone, sick with some unknown affliction; my private life was in a mess, and I was without a defense. 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