Friedrich August Von Hayek

He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes read more

He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants.

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular read more

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.

It can hardly be denied that such a demand quite arbitrarily limits the facts which are to be admitted as read more

It can hardly be denied that such a demand quite arbitrarily limits the facts which are to be admitted as possible causes of the events which occur in the real world.

Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding.

Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding.

I regard it in fact as the great advantage of the mathematical technique that it allows us to describe, by read more

I regard it in fact as the great advantage of the mathematical technique that it allows us to describe, by means of algebraic equations, the general character of a pattern even where we are ignorant of the numerical values which will determine its particular manifestation.