“the freedom of individuals has – we may presume – an anthropological foundation. This is admittedly a doctrine which cannot be proved or disproved in the normal sense of the word ‘prove’. And yet our hope that freedom is not… — Leszek Kołakowski Copy Share Image
“The search for the ultimate foundation is as much an unremovable part of European culture as is the denial of the legitimacy of this… — Leszek Kołakowski Copy Share Image
“Curiosity, that is, the separate drive to explore the world disinterestedly, without being stimulated by danger or physiological dissatisfaction, is, according to students of… — Leszek Kołakowski Copy Share Image
“That being said, is there anything to say in support of utopian thinking? Everything, if the meaning of the word is somewhat restricted. If… — Leszek Kołakowski Copy Share Image
“I am not a Kant expert and no Kantian but, I should say, a Kant sympathizer—especially where conflicts between Kantian and so-called historicist thinking… — Leszek Kołakowski Copy Share Image
“Is it not reasonable to suspect that if existence were pointless and the universe devoid of meaning, we would never have achieved not only… — Leszek Kołakowski Copy Share Image
“the freedom of individuals has – we may presume – an anthropological foundation. This is admittedly a doctrine which cannot be proved or disproved… — Leszek Kołakowski Copy Share Image
“it was Marx who declared that the whole idea of Communism could be summed up in a single formula—the abolition of private property; that… — Leszek Kołakowski Copy Share Image
