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1927–2009 Poland

Leszek Kołakowski (23 October 1927 – 17 July 2009) was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He is best known for his critical analyses of Marxist thought, especially his three-volume history, Main Currents of Marxism (1976).

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Also known as: Leszek Kolakowski

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While the positivists were proclaiming the end “once and for all” of unverifiable metaphysical systems and speculative philosophy in general, new doctrines in flagrant contradiction to those ideals have sprung up one after the other. Positivists see no more in this development than evidence of human stupidity, not any reflection on themselves.

The Alienation of Reason (1966)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Leszek Kołakowski (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.