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We are like sailors who on the open sea must reconstruct their ship but are never able to start afresh from the bottom. Where a beam is taken away a new one must at once be put there, and for this the rest of the ship is used as support. In this way, by using the old beams and driftwood the ship can be shaped entirely anew, but only by gradual reconstruction.

Otto Neurath

We are like sailors who must rebuild their ship on the open sea, never able to dismantle it in dry-dock and to reconstruct it there out of the best materials.

Otto Neurath

To remember simplified pictures is better than to forget accurate figures.

Otto Neurath

Otto Neurath

Otto Neurath

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Born: December 10, 1882

Died: December 22, 1945 (aged 63)

Bio: Otto Neurath was an Austrian philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist. Before he fled his native country in 1934, Neurath was one of the leading figures of the Vienna Circle.

Known for:

Empiricism and sociology
Economic writings
Philosophical papers, 1913-1946
Anti-Spengler

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