PHILOSOPHER

Leszek Kołakowski

1927 - 2009

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Leszek Kołakowski (; Polish: [ˈlɛʂɛk kɔwaˈkɔfskʲi]; 23 October 1927 Radom – 17 July 2009 Oxford) was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He is best known for his critical analyses of Marxist thought, such as in his three-volume history of Marxist philosophy Main Currents of Marxism (1976). In his later work, Kołakowski increasingly focused on religious questions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leszek Kołakowski has received more than 487,887 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Leszek Kołakowski is the 403rd most popular philosopher (up from 418th in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Poland (up from 222nd 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 403 out of 1,267. Before him are Boetius of Dacia, Ahmad Sirhindi, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Archelaus, Timon of Phlius, and Chantal Mouffe. After him are Christian Thomasius, Eubulides, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Brunetto Latini, Peter Sloterdijk, and Phaedo of Elis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 52. Before him are Hans-Dietrich Genscher, George Andrew Olah, Maurice Ronet, Sydney Brenner, Stan Getz, and F. Sherwood Rowland. After him are Mary Higgins Clark, Juan Almeida Bosque, Alan MacDiarmid, Robert Noyce, Enzo Bearzot, and John Vane. Among people deceased in 2009, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 34. Before him are Maurice Druon, Jack Kemp, Robert F. Furchgott, Günther Rall, João Bernardo Vieira, and Jennifer Jones. After him are Juan Almeida Bosque, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Ephraim Katzir, Marek Edelman, Hussein-Ali Montazeri, and John Updike.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 219 out of 1,694. Before him are Mordechai Anielewicz (1919), Yisrael Kristal (1903), Wacław Sierpiński (1882), Piast the Wheelwright (800), Władysław I Herman (1043), and Jerzy Skolimowski (1938). After him are Jerzy Kukuczka (1948), Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930), Johanna Schopenhauer (1766), Emil Ludwig (1881), Hans Modrow (1928), and Felix Hausdorff (1868).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 13. Before him are Jakob Böhme (1575), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Alfred Tarski (1901), Günther Anders (1902), Paul Tillich (1886), and Heinrich Rickert (1863). After him are Chaïm Perelman (1912), Roman Ingarden (1893), Kuno Fischer (1824), Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), Florian Znaniecki (1882), and John Cantius (1390).

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