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A brilliant account of the life of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, Popper explains the central ideas in his work, making this ideal reading for anyone coming to his life and work for the first time.

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First Sentence

When I was twenty I became apprenticed to an old master cabinetmaker in Vienna whose name was Adalbert Posch, and I worked with him from 1922 to 1924, not long after the First World War.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Karl R. Popper (Author)

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  1. autobiography
  2. philosophy 
 

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