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Leszek Kołakowski

1927 - 2009

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Leszek Kołakowski (; Polish: [ˈlɛʂɛk kɔwaˈkɔfskʲi]; 23 October 1927 – 17 July 2009) was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He is best known for his critical analysis of Marxist thought, as in his three-volume history of Marxist philosophy Main Currents of Marxism (1976). In his later work, Kołakowski increasingly focused on religious questions. In his 1986 Jefferson Lecture, he asserted that "we learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leszek Kołakowski is the 413th most popular philosopher (down from 403rd in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Poland (down from 219th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Polish Philosopher.

Leszek Kołakowski is most famous for his work in the field of Marxism and for his criticism of the Soviet Union.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 413 out of 1,267. Before him are Paul Tillich, Thomas Hill Green, Mulla Sadra, Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Jean Gerson, and Hilary Putnam. After him are Bharadwaja, Francis Hutcheson, Alain de Benoist, Adolf von Harnack, Masanobu Fukuoka, and John Toland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 63. Before him are Daniel Keyes, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Marvin Minsky, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Carlo Maria Martini, and Pat Carroll. After him are Harry Markowitz, George C. Scott, Jacques Mayol, Mary Higgins Clark, Megumu Tamura, and Maurice Ronet. Among people deceased in 2009, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 39. Before him are Maurice Druon, Tomohiko Ikoma, Bobby Robson, Jennifer Jones, John Updike, and Gaafar Nimeiry. After him are Norman Borlaug, Natasha Richardson, Ralf Dahrendorf, Tavo Burat, Ephraim Katzir, and Günther Rall.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 224 out of 1,694. Before him are Paul Tillich (1886), Otto Klemperer (1885), Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866), Vasily Sokolovsky (1897), Carl Wernicke (1848), and Mieszko II Lambert (990). After him are Catherine Opalińska (1680), Yisrael Kristal (1903), Mordechai Anielewicz (1919), Anna von Schweidnitz (1339), Henryk Górecki (1933), and Przemysł II (1257).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 13. Before him are Christian Wolff (1679), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Alfred Tarski (1901), Günther Anders (1902), Heinrich Rickert (1863), and Paul Tillich (1886). After him are Chaïm Perelman (1912), Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), Roman Ingarden (1893), John Cantius (1390), Kuno Fischer (1824), and Franz Neumann (1900).

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